{"id":111820,"date":"2015-06-11T17:44:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T23:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/former-president-speaks-in-denver\/"},"modified":"2015-06-11T17:44:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T23:44:14","slug":"former-president-speaks-in-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/former-president-speaks-in-denver\/","title":{"rendered":"Former president speaks in Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Former President Bill Clinton, left, shakes hands with Gov. John Hickenlooper, who introduced Clinton before he spoke to attendees Tuesday during the annual gathering of the Clinton Global Initiative America, at the Sheraton Downtown, in Denver.<\/span>Brennan Linsley\/Associated Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

DENVER \u2013 Former President Bill Clinton said compromise and collaboration between government and private business is key to advancing widespread prosperity while speaking in Denver on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Democrat spoke during the annual Clinton Global Initiative America meeting, of which he and his daughter, Chelsea Clinton, serve as leaders. The conference runs through Wednesday, with remarks expected from high-profile national and world leaders, including members of President Barack Obama\u2019s administration and chief executives of large companies.<\/p>\n

Absent from the conference this year was Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who continues to receive questions about a potential conflict of interest between donations made to the Clinton Foundation and her role as the former head of the State Department. Her husband, however, led the charge for the Clinton initiative.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolitics is good; differences are important,\u201d Clinton said. \u201cBut as I always say, if you really read the constitutional history of America, it would have been helpful to us today if the framers added a subtitle to the U.S. Constitution: \u2018Let\u2019s make a deal.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Much of the thrust of the meeting was to discuss advancing global economic equality, even in the United States, where wealth is dominated by only a small percent of Americans. Clinton said there is a gap between government and the private sector, and there is an opportunity for the two to work together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t forget there are still millions of people in all kinds of communities across this country who can\u2019t find work, many more who don\u2019t work enough hours to support themselves and their families,\u201d Clinton said.<\/p>\n

Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, introduced the former president.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an America where people can make it. The American Dream is embedded in that promise that everyone should have equal opportunities to succeed,\u201d Hickenlooper said. \u201cWe all need to strive for a balance wherein our capitalistic aspirations are in harmony with our obligations to our fellow men and fellow women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clinton largely steered away from politics during his remarks, despite his wife\u2019s highly publicized 2016 run for president. The conference in Denver comes as the Clinton Foundation \u2013 which oversees the Clinton Global Initiative \u2013 has hit controversy. Questions remain regarding the Clinton Foundation\u2019s foreign donors as it might have related to Hillary Clinton\u2019s former role as secretary of state and the impact to foreign affairs.<\/p>\n

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