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Saturday, February 6, 2016 NATION/WORLD Speeches that earned Clinton Republicans circle Rubio as stakes grow Page 10A East Oregonian millions remain a mystery Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hillary Clinton told voters in the latest Democratic debate there’s “hardly anything you don’t know about me.” Just minutes later, she got tangled in a Tuestion about a part of her resume that is an enduring mystery. In the 18 months before launching her second pres- idential bid, Clinton gave nearly 100 paid speeches at banks, trade associations, charitable groups and private corporations. The appearances netted her $21.7 million — and voters very little information about what she was telling top corpora- tions as she prepared for her 2016 campaign. What she said — or didn’t say — to Wall Street banks in particular has become a signi¿cant problem for her presidential campaign, as she tries to counter the unex- pected rise of Democratic rival Bernie Sanders. He’s put her in awkward position of sTuaring her ¿nancial windfall with a frustrated electorate. Asked in the debate — and not for the ¿rst time — about releasing transcripts of those speeches, she said: “I will look into it. I don’t know the status, but I will certainly look into it.” She added, “My view on this is, look at my record.” Clinton addressed a broad swath of industries, speaking to supermarket companies in Colorado, clinical pathol- ogists in Illinois and travel agents in California, to name several. Many of the companies and trade organizations that she addressed are lobbying Congress over a variety of interests. She typically delivered an address, then answered Tuestions from a pre-vetted interviewer. Her standard fee was $225,000, though occasionally it could range up to $400,000. “That’s what they AP Photo/Matt Rourke Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the New Hampshire Democratic Party McIn- tyre-Shaheen 100 Club Celebration dinner Friday in Manchester, N.H. offered,” said Clinton, when asked this week whether her fees were too high. Clinton defended her appearances Friday, saying she thought the speeches were “a good way to commu- nicate” and answer Tuestions about her experience. “It was a useful exercise for me, because it also enabled me to think through, kind of, where I was in the assessment of what I would do next,” Clinton told MSNBC. Other than her fees, which her campaign disclosed in response to media inTuiries, details about most of her closed speeches are nearly impossible to ¿nd. The Associated Press and other news organizations have asked repeatedly for transcripts, and did so again Friday after her promise to review the issue. Last month, she laughed and turned away when a reporter speci¿cally asked for transcripts of her speeches to Goldman Sachs. “I don’t think voters are interested in the transcripts of her speeches,” Joel Benenson, Clinton’s pollster, told reporters Friday. But it was a voter who asked about her transcripts at a town-hall event on CNN on Wednesday. AP’s inTuiries to the campaign about her appearances before several Wall Street banks went unanswered. Deutsche Bank, which paid Clinton $475,000 for addresses in New York and Washington, declined to comment, as did Goldman Sachs. Although many of her remarks were given to large groups, they were freTuently barred to media coverage and few recordings are available online. In many instances, Clinton’s contract prohibited her comments from being broadcast, transcribed or “otherwise reproduced,” according a copy of one such agreement with the Univer- sity of Buffalo. In a few cases, details trickled out through company blogs and trade publications. At the time, and increas- ingly as the months wore on, she was considered a likely prospect to run for president, despite the fact she said little to tip her hand publicly on whether she would. Many organizations she addressed were reluctant to share details or even con¿rm her attendance, in part because contracts for those kinds of speakers typically prohibit sharing that infor- mation. “I made speeches to lots of groups,” Clinton said this week. “I told them what I thought. I answered Tues- tions.” Associated Press LONDONBERRY, N.H. — On the rise in a tight- ening race, Marco Rubio shouldered intensifying attacks Friday from moder- ate-leaning Republicans who fear a strong Rubio showing in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary could spell the end for their fraz- zled presidential campaigns. Jeb Bush and Chris Christie both accused Rubio of a lackluster set of accomplishments. Bush, campaigning with his mother, former ¿rst lady Barbara Bush, summed up the Florida senator’s achievements in one word: “Nothing.” On the Democratic side, the gloves were off in a campaign that had shown more signs of comity than rancor — until now. A day after jousting in a feisty debate, Hillary Clinton struggled to defend herself against Bernie Sanders’ insinuations that she’s beholden to Wall Street, while Sanders faced fresh doubts about his experience on foreign policy. As candidates criss- crossed the state, a burst of soggy snow became the latest obstacle to winning support among unde- cided voters. The winter surprise sidelined Donald Trump and Sanders, who canceled afternoon events as campaigns sent plucky volunteers trudging through the slush to knock on doors. Blizzard notwith- standing, the all-out push for votes illustrated the growing stakes for Tuesday’s vote. New polls showed Rubio on the rise both in New Hampshire and nationally, raising his hopes that a second-place ¿nish Tuesday will spur Republican Party leaders to unite behind him in a bid to defeat the two polarizing front-runners: Trump and Ted Cruz. “Marco is a talented politician,” Bush said on MSNBC. “He’s a great guy, but he’s not a leader.” His campaign released AP Photo/David Goldman Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., gestures as he speaks at a campaign event Friday in Derry, N.H. “(Marco) is a great guy. But he’s not a leader.” the Iowa caucuses about Carson dropping out of the race. Trump has also cried foul, arguing Cruz “stole” the election by peeling off Carson supporters to surge past Trump. Cruz has apologized for — Jeb Bush, circulating the rumor based GOP presidential on a news report about candidate Carson traveling to Florida after the Iowa voting. But a a new TV ad showing string of further revelations former Sen. Rick Santorum, has kept the controversy who has endorsed Rubio, alive, including a Cruz stumbling in an interview campaign mailer resem- to name one Rubio accom- bling an of¿cial “voting plishment. violation” notice to Iowans. Rubio did pick up The latest wrinkle came another endorsement from a via a pair of voicemails fallen rival — former Loui- obtained by Breitbart News, siana Gov. Bobby Jindal, purportedly from Cruz’s who dropped out of the race campaign, telling Iowans in November. to caucus for Cruz because Cruz, the victor in last Carson was suspending his week’s Iowa caucuses, was campaign. struggling to put complaints “By the way, if you get about his campaign’s tactics a call on Tuesday night that in the rearview mirror, as I dropped out, it isn’t true,” new evidence emerged of Rubio said, tweaking Cruz what challenger Ben Carson during a town hall in Derry. has dubbed “dirty tricks.” “Keep voting.” Carson told a Fox News Christie — who, like podcast that Cruz’s lack- Bush and John Kasich, has adaisical defense brought it all on the line in New to mind Clinton’s response Hampshire — offered dire to the attacks in Benghazi, predictions about the state’s Libya. ¿rst-in-the-nation primary “I’m not saying that if voters side with Cruz, it rises to the level of Trump or Rubio, a trio that Benghazi, I’m saying it’s Christie suggested had the same kind of attitude,” ignored the Granite State. Carson said. “The attitude “If you reward those being: It’s water under the folks who don’t show up bridge.” here, there is no reason for Fueling the dust-up were New Hampshire to be ¿rst,” rumors spread by Cruz’s Christie told a town hall campaign hours before meeting in Dover. BRIEFLY In Brazil, pregnant women urged to be cautious with kiss RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a sign of mounting global concern over the =iNa virus, health of¿cials on Friday warned pregnant women to think twice about the lips they kiss and called on men to use condoms with pregnant partners if they have visited countries where the virus is present. 8.N. of¿cials also called on many Catholic-majority countries in Latin America to loosen their abortion laws to allow women to terminate pregnancies if they fear the fetus may be at risk for a rare birth defect that causes brain damage and an abnormally small head, which may be linked to the virus. 7he Àurry of recommendations began in Brazil, where a top health of¿cial warned pregnant women to be cautious with their kisses. Paulo Gadelha, president of the Fiocruz research institute, told a news conference that scientists have found live virus in saliva and urine samples, and the possibility it could be spread by the two body Àuids reTuires further study. He said that calls for pregnant women to take special precautions, and suggested they avoid kissing people other than a regular partner or sharing cutlery, glasses and plates with people who have symptoms of the virus. Strong quake hits Taiwan, killing 3; 221 rescued TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan pulled out 221 people and three dead from a residential high-rise complex that collapsed when a shallow 6.-magnitude earthTuake struck before dawn Saturday, leaving still others trapped inside. Fire¿ghters and soldiers scrambled with ladders, cranes and other eTuipment to the two towers that folded like an accordion in a pile of rubble and twisted metal and extracted dazed survivors. 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This award is given to a commercial recycler that does an outstanding job in recycling, and/ or has made significant improvements to their recycling efforts over the past year. The employees of Pendleton Sanitary Service voted unanimously to choose D&B Supply (D& B) as Pendleton’s Commercial Recycler of the Year for 2015. In September of 2014, D&B began cardboard recycling services with PSSI. Through a joint effort, we devised a container system which allowed PSSI to pick up the baled cardboard, which D&B produced via their cardboard baler. In 2015 D&B generated 51 bales of cardboard totaling 23 tons! In addition to cardboard, D&B makes a diligent effort to recycle all items possible from the store. Other items recycled include: Office paper, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, wood waste, newspaper and magazines. Not only does D&B do an outstanding job of recycling with the significant volume of recycled materials they produce, the quality control in their recycling effort is extraordinary, which makes a significant impact on reducing waste going to the landfill. Pendleton Sanitary Service would like to congratulate and thank D&B Supply for their outstanding efforts in recycling with special thanks to Linda Hansen, Bev Etter, and Manager Bill Arrington at D&B! Great job! 5500 NW Rieth Road PO Box 1405 Pendleton, OR 97801 Telephone: 541-276-1271 Fax: 541-276-1927
