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Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, is greeted by Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., left, as the committee's chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., looks on center, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on her nomination, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh) WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton, President-elect Barack Obama's choice for secretary of state, rejected calls Tuesday for more details about donors to her husband's foundation, saying she has revealed enough to avoid even the hint of conflicts. An Associated Press review found that Clinton stepped in at least a half-dozen times on issues involving businesses and others who later gave to the charity.Clinton said as secretary of state she will not be influenced to act on behalf of her husband's contributors, which include foreign governments."It will not be in the atmosphere," Clinton said.Richard Lugar of Indiana was among GOP senators on the Foreign Relations Committee pressing for full transparency about contributors to the William J. Clinton Foundation and one of its main projects, the Clinton Global Initiative.Under an agreement with Obama, Bill Clinton recently released the names of donors to his foundation, a nonprofit that has raised at least $492 million-including millions from Saudi Arabia and other foreign governments-to fund his library in Arkansas and charitable efforts worldwide on such issues as AIDS, poverty and climate change. He pledged to release similar information annually. The donor list doesn't provide exact amounts, background on donors such as their employers, or the dates of donations...
By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer
By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer
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