Subject: Re: Can you and I have a quick phone chat?
From: "Katie Dodge" <[email-masked]>
To: "James Bulger" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Michael Leonard" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:14:34 -0400

OK Jimmy let me try to get back to you with a time for the call.  Thank
you!

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:11 PM, James Bulger <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Katie
> Thanks for the quick response yes tomorrow is fine in the morning my
> afternoon is busy tomorrow  anytime on Thursday would work as well
> Thanks
> Jimmy
>
> On Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Katie Dodge <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Jimmy, Hi there.  Hunter is traveling.  I can try to see if I can get a
>> hold of him for this call, but I can't be sure.  He will be on a plane
>> soon.  Is tomorrow ok also? - Katie
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:28 AM, James Bulger <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hunter,
>>>
>>> As you know I was in Beijing last week. I was there because the State
>>> Legislative Leaders Foundation (SLLF) <http://www.sllf.org/> was
>>> sending an advance team in preparation for a large program they will be
>>> putting on in October that will hopefully include over 50 legislative
>>> leaders from over 25 different US States as well as their provincial
>>> counterparts in China. Additionally, US and Chinese businesses will also be
>>> in attendance.
>>>
>>> Henry is spearheading this initiative with SLLF in China so I spent the
>>> last week with him. Henry is a big supporter of SLLF and he sees this
>>> initiative as being of a major diplomatic significance to both the US and
>>> China. He has spent a lot of the past year helping SLLF get an office set
>>> up in China which, considering how busy Henry is with all his other
>>> business, shows how important he views this SLLF initiative.
>>>
>>> Henry and Steve Lakis (President of SLLF) asked me if I could help Steve
>>> set up a meeting with you when Steve is in DC next. Steve wanted to ask
>>> your advice on how to proceed on one aspect of setting up an SLLF office in
>>> China.
>>>
>>> Specifically, the US and Chinese government through their respective
>>> foreign ministries laid a broad framework that allowed for the creation of
>>> the US-China Governors Forum. The U.S.-China Governors Forum was set up by
>>> the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Chinese People’s
>>> Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. It serves as a platform
>>> to promote peer-to-peer exchanges between U.S. state governors and Chinese
>>> provincial party secretaries and governors on topics of mutual interest
>>> such as trade, investment, energy and the environment. A Chinese province
>>> or a U.S. state takes turns hosting the meeting with the first one convened
>>> in Salt Lake City, Utah and the second one in Tianjin and Beijing. The
>>> third one was scheduled to be held in California in November this year.
>>>
>>> SLLF would like to set up a similar sort of arrangement but instead
>>> focus on exchange between the state-level legislative branch of each
>>> country rather than the executive branch. It is on this point specifically
>>> that Steve Lakis (President of the SLLF) was wondering if he could just
>>> meet at your DC office and discuss paths forward.
>>>
>>> Just so you know the SLLF is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization
>>> dedicated to professional development for current and future state
>>> legislative leaders. Their constituency includes Speakers of the House,
>>> Senate Presidents, Majority Leaders, Minority Leaders, and Pro Tempores.
>>>
>>> So is there a chance you could sit down with Steve and give him some
>>> advice on some of the issues that he and Henry are contending with? For
>>> your reference I've attached an internal memo that SLLF created on this
>>> matter.
>>>
>>> Let's you and I have a quick phone call so I can explain further. What
>>> is a good time for me to give you a call?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jimmy
>>>
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>>> James J. Bulger
>>> Chairman
>>> Thornton Group LLC
>>> 14 Beacon Street, Suite 804A
>>> Boston, MA 02108
>>> Office tel: 617.248.9440
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> James J. Bulger
>>> Chairman
>>> Thornton Group LLC
>>> 14 Beacon Street, Suite 804A
>>> Boston, MA 02108
>>> Office tel: 617.248.9440
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Katie Dodge*
>> Executive Assistant/ Office Manager
>> *Rosemont Seneca Partners*
>> *1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW,  #705*
>> *Washington, DC  20007*
>> *202-333-1880*
>>
>
>
> --
> James J. Bulger
> Chairman
> Thornton Group LLC
> 14 Beacon Street, Suite 804A
> Boston, MA 02108
> Office tel: 617.248.9440
>

-- 
*Katie Dodge*
Executive Assistant/ Office Manager
*Rosemont Seneca Partners*
*1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW,  #705*
*Washington, DC  20007*
*202-333-1880