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Marie Harf Wrote Thesis on How Conservative Support for Israel Complicates U.S. Foreign Policy
dailycaller.com ^ | 2/19/15 | Patrick Howley

Posted on 02/20/2015 5:09:08 AM PST by cotton1706

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf wrote her college honors thesis on “how conservative evangelical support for Israel complicates U.S. foreign policy,” according to Indiana University records.

Harf’s thesis further illustrates the collegiate thinking in an Obama administration that has alienated a key American ally in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Harf, 33, previously worked on Obama’s 2012 campaign.

Harf’s Indiana University honors political science professor said that Harf did not plan to pursue political science like her professor father Jim, but that she ended up becoming “pretty good” at it.

“I always had a soft spot for Jim, since he first helped me realize I might be good at this line of work, and for Marie, who initially had no intention of following in her father’s footsteps but who turned out to pretty good at political analysis herself,” the professor said.

Harf generated controversy this week for saying that the way to combat terrorists like ISIS is to help get them jobs.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: harf; indiana; israel; jimharf; marieharf
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1 posted on 02/20/2015 5:09:08 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Blond Nazi Bimbo Ping


2 posted on 02/20/2015 5:09:58 AM PST by samtheman
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To: cotton1706

going to be a newsflash all over the networks now. oh wait it’s the American LSM who will never report this to their millions of ignorant sheep.


3 posted on 02/20/2015 5:10:27 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: samtheman

Maybe killing ISIL terrorists is not the way to oppose them, but killing the 6.2 million Jews in Israel (another holocaust) is the way to bring peace in the Middle East according to oberstamfuehrer Sarf. National Socialism must be a part of political science these days, too.


4 posted on 02/20/2015 5:15:15 AM PST by Stepan12 (Our present appeasement of Islam is the Stockholm Syndrome on steroids.)
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To: cotton1706

‘How Conservative Support for Israel Complicates U.S. Foreign Policy’

I BET she got an A+++ on that one!


5 posted on 02/20/2015 5:16:42 AM PST by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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To: cotton1706

Wish he’d posted some quotes from her thesis


6 posted on 02/20/2015 5:18:07 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: cotton1706

Why is this NAIVE CHILD in any position of authority?


7 posted on 02/20/2015 5:19:04 AM PST by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016 (for 16 years of conservative bliss))
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To: Mr. K

Because here father is a bundler for Obummer.


8 posted on 02/20/2015 5:24:04 AM PST by KirbDog
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To: cotton1706

Sounds like the Christians are standing in the way of her final solution to the Jews.

Pray America is waking


9 posted on 02/20/2015 5:24:30 AM PST by bray (Palin/Cruz to the WH)
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To: cotton1706

Yeah, she’s incredibly good at what she does. Lie.


10 posted on 02/20/2015 5:25:25 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: cotton1706

this is what someone deceived by evil spirits looks like, its in her eyes,


11 posted on 02/20/2015 5:25:43 AM PST by captmar-vell
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To: captmar-vell

Can’t be. She’s wearing the dark framed smartie glasses.


12 posted on 02/20/2015 5:31:01 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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THIS JUST IN: While munching on kale chips and sipping a green smoothie....and watching videos of the Jordanian pilot's ordeal----Marie Harf's U of Va graduate analysis skills went into overdrive.

Marie insightfully discerned that ISIS immolaters did't "feel good" about themselves.

Plus Marie KNEW from her U of Va graduate studies that having self-esteem is crucial to making life choices.

So Marie went to work---she began gift-wrapping monogrammed Zippo lighters to ISIL immolaters.

Marie, herself, attached State Dept happy-face tags to each Zippo.

13 posted on 02/20/2015 5:32:33 AM PST by Liz
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To: originalbuckeye
I BET she got an A+++ on that one!

No, it was a "Doubleplusgood".

Oldthinkers unbellyfeel AmSoc.

14 posted on 02/20/2015 5:33:23 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: cotton1706

I will NEVER understand the hatred for Jews and Israel by Americans.

I just don’t get it and never have.

How are there SO many in our government TODAY who are Jew haters? All of a sudden - BAM! -The U.S. Government is on the side of exterminating Israel. Only, we’re doing it in a somewhat more subtle way than the Arabs over there in the M.E.


15 posted on 02/20/2015 5:40:57 AM PST by joethedrummer
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To: cotton1706

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/fashion/weddings/marie-harf-joshua-lucas-weddings.html?_r=0

Ms. Harf, 30, is keeping her name. She works in Chicago as the associate policy director for national security for President Obama’s re-election campaign. Before joining it in December, she was a spokeswoman for the Central Intelligence Agency. She graduated from Indiana University and received a master’s degree in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.

She is the daughter of Jane Ax Harf of Granville, Ohio, and James E. Harf of St. Louis. The bride’s father is the associate vice president and the director of the Center for Global Education at Maryville University in St. Louis. He is also a professor emeritus of political science at Ohio State University in Columbus. Her mother is the director of the University Clean Energy Alliance of Ohio, a statewide organization in Columbus that supports clean energy research.

Mr. Lucas, also 30, is completing a master’s degree in law and diplomacy at Tufts University. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale.

He is the son of Tricia H. Lucas and John E. Lucas of Manchester, N.H. The bridegroom’s mother works in Concord, N.H., as the advocacy director for New Futures, a nonprofit organization that combats alcohol and drug abuse. His father is a lawyer for the State of New Hampshire Office of Legislative Services in Concord.

http://blogs.maryville.edu/pawprinttest/2010/11/james-harf-on-mid-term-2010-elections/

James Harf on Mid-Term 2010 Elections
Posted by: Dustin York November 2, 2010

James Harf is the Associate Vice President and Director of the Center for Global Education at Maryville University. Harf is also a professor teaching Political Science courses at Maryville University. He brings to the classroom personal experiences of global research and travel.

A tiny glimpse of personal experiences include: surviving a terrorist bombing in London where six people within 30 feet were killed, helping to create a model for the Polish government’s post-Cold War curriculum revision program and examining counter-terrorist measures in Egypt and other parts of the world.

He continues to lead numerous student study-abroad tours throughout the world. For years, Harf regularly appeared on TV as a commentator on world events.

Q: What sets the 2010 Mid-term elections apart from previous mid-term elections?

A: Mid-term elections are typically mid-course corrections to any anomalies that happened two years earlier. This is different for a couple of reasons. We had a failed economy and a failed war, which initially brought President Obama into power. The economy is not recovering as quickly as people thought it might, despite President Obama’s best effort. We also still have troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. The second difference has been this emergence of the Tea Party- which essentially says that we want government out of everything, except we want government to be very much involved in telling us how to live our social lives. It’s a contradiction. Richard Maddow of NBC used the phrase “God, Guns and Gays.” They want to put more religion into government, the want to protect the right to own guns and they want to keep gays out of everything.

Q: What issues should matter the most to the public?

A: What is interesting is, as a political scientist, we always says ‘always keep it local.” The point of fact is the candidates are not talking about local issues, but they are talking about national issues. The candidates are talking about the massive debt we [Americans] have. The Republican candidates are saying that the debt is a result of President Obama and the Democratic candidates, on contrary, a result of George Bush’s policies. Bush’s Tax cuts are set to expire- The mega-rich Republicans want to keep the tax cuts and the Democrats want to eliminate the tax cuts for the mega-rich. Another issue that is important in this election is that the Republicans want to turn back health reform.

Q: Are you satisfied with the choice of candidates in this election?

A: No, I am not satisfied with the choices. I’ve been appalled watching this election and the incredible lack of knowledge that candidates have about how our government functions. One senate candidate did not know what the First Amendment was. There are candidates that contradict themselves. On one hand, they say that they do not want the government in personal lives and on the other hand, they want the government to stop abortions. Then there is the question of secret money that is coming from very wealthy people and is being funneled through groups, like the U.S. House of Chamber of Congress. Candidates are not disclosing where the money is coming from. Another issue in candidates is the issue of terrorism. A lot of Conservative candidates are making incredible racist and ethnic comments that we never had in elections before. I find it appalling and I cannot believe that a majority of Americans are going to resignate to that.

(snip)


16 posted on 02/20/2015 5:42:22 AM PST by maggief
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To: cotton1706

Yes, I said 'DERP'.

17 posted on 02/20/2015 5:45:32 AM PST by JPG (The GOPe will always find a way to surrender)
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To: Liz

You have so nailed it! I can’t tell if that’s satire or truth!

Marie Harf is such an AIRHEAD!


18 posted on 02/20/2015 5:45:43 AM PST by elcid1970 ("I: am a radicalized infidel.")
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To: joethedrummer
I will never understand why Jews will align themselves with Democrats in every election.

It's like watching someone pour gasoline on you, and you ask them if they need a match.

19 posted on 02/20/2015 5:49:21 AM PST by cincinnati65
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To: cotton1706

The next Republican President, on his or her first day has to fire/remove every, and I mean every single Obama appointment in the government and worry about replacements later.


20 posted on 02/20/2015 5:49:24 AM PST by AU72
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