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Barack Obama assembles 27-strong delegation to pay respects to Saudi Arabia's new king
The Guardian ^ | 01/27/15 | Dan Roberts

Posted on 01/27/2015 12:24:48 AM PST by barmag25

Barack Obama is travelling with a 27-strong delegation to cement ties with the new king of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as concerns over Yemen and the Islamic State take centre stage in the increasingly volatile region.

Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan, Republican hawk senator John McCain and General Lloyd Austin, head of US Central Command forces in the region, are among the surprise additions to a hastily organised trip that has drawn critical comparisons with the US failure to send any senior figures to Paris following recent terrorist attacks.

Secretary of state John Kerry and leading House Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Joe Crowley, who have both been travelling with Obama in Delhi, will also accompany him on the unscheduled stop off at the king’s palace in Riyadh.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obama; saudi; saudiarabia
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1 posted on 01/27/2015 12:24:48 AM PST by barmag25
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To: barmag25

I guess one has to pay homage to the new master.


2 posted on 01/27/2015 12:28:20 AM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: barmag25

I guess James taylor is already booked for something else, I didnt see his name listed...


3 posted on 01/27/2015 12:29:36 AM PST by barmag25 (Cruz 2016)
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"Republican hawk senator John McCain "


OK. Put down the hash pipe.


4 posted on 01/27/2015 12:33:57 AM PST by shibumi ("Walk through the fire - Fly through the smoke")
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To: barmag25
I guess James taylor is already booked for something else, I didnt see his name listed...

Paging Cat Stevens, pick up the white courtesy phone.
5 posted on 01/27/2015 12:39:06 AM PST by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: barmag25

more bowing down to IslamoNazi dictators?
more money for terrrorist training camps?
more prayers (to Allah-Satan) at the black rock?

or just make sure he’s still considered “useful” by his new master(s) in Saudi?

(creeps!)
(peuk!)


6 posted on 01/27/2015 12:52:19 AM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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To: barmag25

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/obama-heads-to-saudi-arabia-to-pay-condolences-to-family-of-king-abdullah/2015/01/26/009436ec-a57b-11e4-a162-121d06ca77f1_story.html

Besides Obama, Kerry and Rhodes, the delegation with include: Joseph W. Westphal, the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.); Reps. Nancy Pelosi, (D-Calif), Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), Ami Bera (D-Calif.) and Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.); Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to the president; national security adviser Susan Rice; CIA Director John Brennan; John Podesta, counselor to the president; Jennifer Palmieri, White House director of communications; Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism; former secretaries of state James Baker and Condoleezza Rice; former national security advisers Brent Scowcroft, Sandy Berger and Stephen Hadley; Frances Fragos Townsend, former assistant to the president for counterterrorism and homeland security; Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command; Brian Deese, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget; White House press secretary Josh Earnest; Anita Breckenridge, deputy chief of staff for operations; Tina Tchen, chief of staff to the first lady; Chase Cushman, director of scheduling; Peter A. Selfridge, chief of protocol; and Melissa Winter, deputy chief of staff to the first lady.


7 posted on 01/27/2015 12:52:37 AM PST by maggief
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Sens. John McCain (RepublicanHawk-Ariz.)

Fixed it


8 posted on 01/27/2015 12:55:36 AM PST by barmag25 (Cruz 2016)
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To: maggief

Absolutely sickening! What a total and complete embarassment to America and American values he is. ( Barf!! Picture goes here...)


9 posted on 01/27/2015 1:39:46 AM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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To: barmag25
obama chewing gum

Will he chew gum, blow bubbles, spit it out in public?

11 posted on 01/27/2015 2:01:39 AM PST by Bon mots (American Exceptionalism becomes American Acceptionalism under this regime... :()
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To: maggief

John Brennan is rumored to be a Muslim, isn’t he?


12 posted on 01/27/2015 2:09:29 AM PST by Raggedy Granny
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To: barmag25

*sigh*

I quite liked the story of when the recently departed King Abdullah was visiting Britain, and was taken on a tour of the one of the Queen’s estates by Her Majesty herself driving at full pelt around windey lanes.

Apparently he urged the Queen to “slow down” but she didn’t listen.

Elizabeth II was one woman whom King Abdullah could not forbid to drive.

Obama bows low to the Saudi monarchy while does all he can to disrespect the UK. Clearly he prefers absolute monarchies over constitutional ones. Democracy can be such a bind.


13 posted on 01/27/2015 2:12:36 AM PST by Savrola
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To: barmag25

Of course McCain would go.


14 posted on 01/27/2015 2:19:04 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: barmag25

General Lloyd Austin,
_________________________________

a descendant of Stephen Austin the Texican ???

Oh how the blood has thinned out...


15 posted on 01/27/2015 2:31:34 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Raggedy Granny

Yes he is a convert and stands in line with Reggie Love.


16 posted on 01/27/2015 2:37:06 AM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: maggief

Are all these “important” people flying on just one plane?


17 posted on 01/27/2015 2:42:30 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: barmag25

wtf


18 posted on 01/27/2015 2:48:22 AM PST by yldstrk
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To: SoFloFreeper

Interesting that ValJar Obamas pet Medusa is going also


19 posted on 01/27/2015 3:05:08 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: PieterCasparzen

I refuse to listen to Cat Stevens on the radio.
I used to love his music


20 posted on 01/27/2015 3:21:15 AM PST by South Dakota (shut up and build a bakken pipe line)
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