Subject: Re: ethics appearance question
From: "Cassandra Butts" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:53:07 -0400

OK. We will talk to Monica to gather more info, then I can follow up with
Mark Gitenstein. Thanks.

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 6:06 AM, <[email-masked]> wrote:

> I think I would work it the other way. No involvement till after the
> election. I have discussed her duties there with her in the past, but they
> are not fresh in my mind. Probably worth getting from her her role there.
>
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
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> *From*: "Cassandra Butts" <[email-masked]>
> *Date*: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:04:46 -0400
> *To*: John Podesta<[email-masked]>
> *Subject*: ethics appearance question
> John, see the following from one our ethics lawyers who is working to vet
> the vice president's team on the transition. He flagged the entry below from
> Monica Medina's resume. While her former role at Fannie Mae doesn't
> represent an actual conflict with the code of conduct, it raises an
> appearance issue particularly as the McCain campaign continues to try to
> link Barack to Fannie and Freddie. Given that our pre-election process is
> not public, I think we can get away with including Monica at this stage, but
> I would counsel that we reasses her involvement in a post-election
> transition. I'd appreciate your feedback. Best, Cassandra
>
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> On Sep 30, 2008, at 7:26 PM, "Schapiro, Andrew H." <
> [email-masked]> wrote:
>
> In case you don't have this yet.  Monica is Ron Klain's wife.  I assume the
> following entry from her resume is not a problem for this assignment, but
> flag it in an excess of caution:
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> *Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Fannie Mae 2003-2005 *Led unit
> charged with supporting Board of Directors oversight of executive management
> and corporate governance generally within the company, including $2.6 m
> annual operating budget.
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> *From:* Gitenstein, Mark H.
> *Sent:* Monday, September 29, 2008 2:43 PM
> *To:* [email-masked]; Chris Lu
> *Cc:* ted kaufman; [email-masked]; Schapiro, Andrew H.
> *Subject:* FW: transition
>
> Carol/Chris: We would like to have Monica Medina represent Sen. Biden on
> the Energy/Environment Issue Group.  Attached find her resume and ethics
> form.  Thanx Markg
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