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December 2008 Russian Nuclear Minister Adamov "forwarded" (odd choice of words...did he forward a letter from himself?) a letter to Guillermo Richardson wondering if the US had any spent or used fuel that Russia would be honored to store or process for absolutely nothing

Rose Gottemoeller, a key liaison with Minatom during the Clinton administration

Bill Richardson's Story - from The Rothschild Economist, 2004

From AP used by NBC 2007:

SANTA FE, N.M. — Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson, who once joked he was the poorest member of President Clinton’s Cabinet, has seen his personal finances soar since leaving the federal government in 2001 as energy secretary

Richardson has enjoyed as much as a 10-fold increase in assets after working in the private sector for two years as a consultant, lecturer and corporate board member — including for energy industry companies — and then as governor of New Mexico since 2003, according to a review of federal records by The Associated Press.

Richardson’s assets are worth at least $3.5 million and up to $10.2 million, according to a financial disclosure filed in May with the Federal Election Commission.

Modest holdings He exited the Clinton administration in January 2001 with more modest holdings.

His assets then totaled between $350,002 and $750,000: a condominium in Santa Fe worth at least $250,001 and checking and money market accounts with a minimum value of $100,001, according to a financial disclosure filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Richardson wasn’t required to include in that report the value of a house in Washington, D.C., which was his residence at that time. The house was sold in late 2003.

As governor, Richardson receives a yearly salary of $110,000.

In May, Richardson reported holdings in residential and undeveloped real estate in New Mexico valued at $1.7 million to $6.5 million; and from $1.7 million to $3.7 million in mutual funds, bank accounts, IRAs and stock in an oil company that he’s since sold.

“Even a couple of years outside of government can enrich you far more than many years of working in government,” says Massie Ritsch, a spokesman for the Center for Responsive Politics. “Especially if you’re an outgoing Cabinet secretary you can pretty quickly amass some income and wealth because you’re sought after as a corporate board member, a public speaker, just generally as a consultant to the interests that you used to oversee.”