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Clinton Charity Limits Foreign Donors as Hillary Runs

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The Clinton Foundation has decided to limit foreign donations now that Hillary Clinton is running for president.

Some critics were calling for a total ban on donations from foreign governments.

The move appears aimed at insulating Clinton from controversies over the charity's reliance on tens of millions of dollars from abroad as she ramps up her presidential campaign.

The foundation had received funding from a number of Mideast governments, like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, that suppress dissent and women's rights.

It will still accept millions of dollars from a select group of six U.S. allies: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway.

Clinton was a board member of the foundation up until last week when she resigned.

When she was U.S. secretary of state, she had agreed with the Obama administration to limit new foreign donations to the foundation, but at least six nations still donated to the charity during her four-year stint.

In one case, the foundation failed to notify the State Department about a donation from the government of Algeria.

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