On CBS's 'Face The Nation', Democratic VP nominee Tim Kaine faced questions about donations to the Clinton Foundation from the theocratic monarchy of Qatar. Kaine said the $1 million donation did not violate Clinton’s agreement with the State Department because Qatar was already a donor before Clinton entered the State Department. Clinton did not inform the State Dept. ethics department know about the donation.



"They were very clear about when [the ethics department notification] was required," he said. "If a government decided to do a contribution that was different from what it had been doing before.



"The government of Qatar had been a donor to the Foundation, which as you know does great work around the world... before she became secretary of State," Kaine said. "The fact that they are a donor has been known but they were a donor before Hillary became secretary of State, this wasn’t a change in their position."