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To: sandintoes who wrote (4281)	2/19/2006 8:25:38 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Oh please no...the UN is crooked enough without help from the Clintons.. That's why it's such a perfect fit!

To: sandintoes who wrote (4281)	2/20/2006 12:45:22 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Clinton Rakes It In Charging for Clinton security a bad idea - Clark 20 February 2006 NEW ZEALAND stuff.co.nz Prime Minister Helen Clark will play MC for a question and answer session with former United States president Bill Clinton at a business forum in Auckland later this week. Mr Clinton and three other high level business leaders touted as "some of the world's most influential thinkers," will be in Auckland for the one-day Global Business Forum on Friday. A spokesman for Miss Clark today said the Prime Minister would share the stage with Mr Clinton for a 40-minute question and answer session. A single ticket for the forum costs $2400, but for a booking of 10 or more the price reduces to $1595. The high price of tickets and expected windfall profits for Mr Clinton and the forum's promoters have sparked debate over whether taxpayers should foot the cost of police security around the former US President. The Police Association has called for current policy to be reconsidered. But Miss Clark today said she did not support such a move. "Frankly, if a former US president comes to your country - it doesn't matter what the reason - you have to provide security. No one wants anything happening on our watch," she said on Newstalk ZB. She said charging for security would put the country on a "slippery slope". "You could get in the position where you get security if you pay for it and you don't if you can't and that is not really a track I'd want to go down." She said it was positive for New Zealand that Mr Clinton believed it was worthwhile to visit here. As well as talking to the forum, participants can book a private meeting with Mr Clinton - for a price. A small group can book an hour for $5000 a head (excluding GST) and for that they will get a handshake and a photograph. Larger group bookings of about 50 people will cost up to $150,000. The three other speakers at the conference at the SkyCity Convention Centre are Michael Eisner, the chief executive of Walt Disney from 1984 to 2005, Carly Fiorina, the chief executive of Hewlett Packard from 1999 to 2005, and Jack Perkowski, the founder and chief executive of Asimco Technologies, the most successful western business in China. All four speakers will be available after addressing the forum for a moderated question and answer session. Mr Clinton will speak at Global Business Forums in Sydney and Melbourne before heading to New Zealand. Miss Clark's spokesman said she would moderate the question and answer session with Mr Clinton, whom she had met on several previous occasions. She held the former president in "great esteem" and was looking forward to meeting him again. He said there would not be time for a formal meeting between the pair, but he expected there would be time for a chat before they appeared on stage.