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80:. HMA was cleared of criminal wrongdoing. A later CEO of HMA was Leonard Dunn. Dunn was a Pine Bluff banker close friend of Bill Clinton and managed to keep HMA in business. Dunn later chaired Clinton's gubernatorial campaign. He was appointed by Clinton to the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission.
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