kofi annan calls obama’s libya policy “not very helpful”
When Barack Obama was running for president he committed to leading the United Nations and other countries towards a common global goal. Obama believed that he could speak to allies and dictators directly and charm them into seeing the error of their ways. Since becoming President of the United States, Barack Obama has failed to convince the UN to follow his lead. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice, a member of the President’s cabinet, has only been able to pass one resolution (compared to the Bush Administration’s five) on Iran’s illegal nuclear ambition despite the issue being the U.S.’ most important foreign policy goal. Rice also failed to convince Brazil, Turkey and Lebanon to support that one resolution despite 17 months of diplomacy.
susan rice refuses to call out libya as they are elected to the human rights council
Coming on the heels of not speaking out on Iran’s election last week to the Commission on the Status of Women and three other UN Committees, Susan Rice, the sometimes American Ambassador to the UN, today didn’t even mention Libya’s name when asked about the African country’s election to the UN’s Human Rights Council. It was a softball question to Rice from a veteran UN reporter: “Some human rights groups have complained about Libya joining the Council, do you share those concerns?” Rice said that sticking with diplomatic tradition, she wouldn’t reveal how America votes. And then she went on…
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bill clinton must be furious with obama’s nobel win
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-grenell/what-peace-did-he-achieve_b_386972.html What Peace Did He Achieve? Jimmy Carter, Al Gore and Barack Obama have all been given Nobel Peace Prizes. Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher have not. Since 1901, the Nobel Committee has awarded the annual Prize to an entity, group or individual who works for peace in a significant way. Well, technically there have been 19 times that the Committee felt as if no one deserved the Prize and chose not to name a winner. The last time no winner was named was 1972. Nancy Reagan must surely be disappointed that her husband helped bring Communism to…
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new UN spokesman named
http://www.newser.com/article/d9c1gfb05/veteran-british-foreign-correspondent-martin-nesirky-appointed-new-un-spokesman.html let’s hope he is fair and confident. fair enough to not treat conservatives with disdain and confident enough to withstand the elitism of some in the international community.
finally….i am moving on
http://newsmax.com/insidecover/grenell_resigns_un/2008/09/17/131871.html U.N. Spokesman Richard Grenell Resigns Wednesday, September 17, 2008 6:14 PM By: Stewart Stogel Richard Grenell, the longtime communications director and de facto press secretary for four U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations, tells Newsmax he will conclude his eight-year U.N. term Sept. 29. Grenell plans to return to his California home to become a senior vice president and communications director at DaVita, a healthcare company based in El Segundo. But Newsmax also has learned that Grenell is on a short list for consideration as the next State Department spokesman if Sen. John McCain is elected president in November….
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Richard A. Grenell has nearly two decades of experience in all aspects of communications and public affairs. Grenell has served as the primary communications advisor for public officials at the local, state, federal and international levels, as well as for publicly traded Fortune 500 ranked companies.