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MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.25.84.7 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Jan 2016 09:07:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <F3365D25-00DA-4AEB-A654-BA4CB1041890@dentons.com> References: <F3365D25-00DA-4AEB-A654-BA4CB1041890@dentons.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 12:07:03 -0500 Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Message-ID: <CAE6FiQ915UaqpKdoXdmNfX=1fOSEUORje3ZNvJpPgaOO46CfSw@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: 2016 From: John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> To: "Giffin, Gordon" <gordon.giffin@dentons.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114b170466381005288526d1 --001a114b170466381005288526d1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Always tough but let me see what I can do. On Monday, January 4, 2016, Giffin, Gordon <gordon.giffin@dentons.com> wrote: > First-as we begin this historic year I want to congratulate you, Robby, > Dennis and the rest of the campaign team that has designed and built a > comprehensive enterprise that will undoubtedly support the election of HRC > as our President later this year. I stand ready to take on any assignment > that you send my way this year to assist. I will continue to work on > fundraising and plan to assist Charlie and Capricia in convention planning > as discussed, but am fully prepared to help in any other fashion that would > be useful. > Second, I would like to ask a personal favor of you- on March 10 there > will be a State Dinner honoring the Prime Minister of Canada. It would mean > a lot to me to be invited to that dinner. Frankly, I do not have close ties > to the WH staff and am hoping that you might intercede on my behalf in the > right spot to advocate for me. The last time there was a State Dinner was > 1997 and I was invited-before I was named as ambassador. As an aside, I > grew up in Canada (came to US for university), my Dad was born in Canada, > and I still spend and enormous amount of time there. I would hope that on > the merits it would make sense. Thanks for considering this. > 2016 will without doubt be a roller coaster with peaks and valleys, > however I look forward to celebrating an historic election in November. All > the best. > > Gordon D Giffin > > > [http://logo.us.dentons.com/logo.png] > > > Gordon D. 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If you are not the intended recipient, > disclosure, copying, distribution and use are prohibited; please notify us > immediately and delete this copy from your system. Please see dentons.com< > http://www.dentons.com/> for Legal Notices. > > > --001a114b170466381005288526d1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Always tough but let me see what I can do.<br><br>On Monday, January 4, 201= 6, Giffin, Gordon <<a href=3D"mailto:gordon.giffin@dentons.com">gordon.g= iffin@dentons.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">First-as= we begin this historic year I want to congratulate you, Robby, Dennis and = the rest of the campaign team that has designed and built a comprehensive e= nterprise that will undoubtedly support the election of HRC as our Presiden= t later this year. I stand ready to take on any assignment that you send my= way this year to assist. I will continue to work on fundraising and plan t= o assist Charlie and Capricia in convention planning as discussed, but am f= ully prepared to help in any other fashion that would be useful.<br> Second, I would like to ask a personal favor of you- on March 10 there will= be a State Dinner honoring the Prime Minister of Canada. It would mean a l= ot to me to be invited to that dinner. Frankly, I do not have close ties to= the WH staff and am hoping that you might intercede on my behalf in the ri= ght spot to advocate for me. The last time there was a State Dinner was 199= 7 and I was invited-before I was named as ambassador. As an aside, I grew u= p in Canada (came to US for university), my Dad was born in Canada, and I s= till spend and enormous amount of time there. I would hope that on the meri= ts it would make sense. Thanks for considering this.<br> 2016 will without doubt be a roller coaster with peaks and valleys, however= I look forward to celebrating an historic election in November. All the be= st.<br> <br> Gordon D Giffin<br> <br> <br> [<a href=3D"http://logo.us.dentons.com/logo.png" target=3D"_blank">http://l= ogo.us.dentons.com/logo.png</a>]<br> <br> <br> Gordon D. 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