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Samantha Power, Irish-born aide, key to Obama Libya attack policy
IrishCentral.com ^ | March 20, 2011 | JAMES ROBERTS

Posted on 03/20/2011 3:01:31 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

America’s decision to support military action against the Ghadaffi regime in Libya was heavily influenced by Samantha Power, the Irish-born National Security Council special advisor to President Obama on human rights.

Power and UN Ambassador Susan Rice were named by The New York Times as the two key figures who convinced first Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then President Obama to commit to force.

The Times reported that “The change became possible, though, only after Mrs. Clinton joined Samantha Power, a senior aide at the National Security Council, and Susan Rice, Mr. Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations, who had been pressing the case for military action, according to senior administration officials speaking only on condition of anonymity.

“Ms. Power is a former journalist and human rights advocate

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1 posted on 03/20/2011 3:01:34 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Samantha Power
2 posted on 03/20/2011 3:02:38 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

And here I thought we had amateurs making foreign policy.


3 posted on 03/20/2011 3:02:47 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Related:

Libya: the West and al-Qaeda on the same side

4 posted on 03/20/2011 3:03:56 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Is she a U.S. citizen? Perhaps dual national? I can’t seem to find anything definitive.


5 posted on 03/20/2011 3:07:59 PM PDT by oceanagirl
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To: Berlin_Freeper

She’s bad news for Israel...

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/03/the_rise_of_samantha_power_and.html?amp


6 posted on 03/20/2011 3:08:23 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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Ms. Power is a former journalist and human rights advocate

OMG.

7 posted on 03/20/2011 3:09:09 PM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: driftdiver

And here I thought we had amateurs making foreign policy.
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As so often is said, “YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP”.

And we get accused of being racist when little subtleties like this are pointed out.....

Maybe should stop shaking head and asking, in awe, WTF?


8 posted on 03/20/2011 3:09:57 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98) "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It really is the alien occupation government...


9 posted on 03/20/2011 3:15:47 PM PDT by Regulator (Watch Out! Americans are on the March! America Forever, Mexico Never!)
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To: paulycy; Berlin_Freeper
Ms. Power is a former journalist and human rights advocate

Is that anything like a lesbian blogger?

10 posted on 03/20/2011 3:18:40 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Well, the Irish drive the snakes out of Libya, excuse me, Ireland, on St. Patrick`s Day.


11 posted on 03/20/2011 3:19:07 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
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Carpetmuncher, too?


12 posted on 03/20/2011 3:19:09 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: oceanagirl

She’s married to Obamaroid Cass Sunstein....

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/from-campaigns-to-champagne-as-friends-of-obama-tie-the-knot-1428109.html


13 posted on 03/20/2011 3:21:06 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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It really is the alien occupation government...


14 posted on 03/20/2011 3:21:19 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post.)
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Is that anything like a lesbian blogger?

I'm thinking it may be identical. It can't be good, that's all I know for sure.

And I sure wouldn't take her advice on STARTING A MILITARY CAMPAIGN AGAINST A SOVEREIGN MUSLIM COUNTRY IN NORTH AFRICA WITHOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL PERMISSION OF THE CONGRESS!

But that's just me.

15 posted on 03/20/2011 3:22:32 PM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,591374,00.html


16 posted on 03/20/2011 3:25:21 PM PDT by LadyBuzz
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I’ve told you before I think Cass Sunstein is the most dangerous man in America. And a lot of people will disagree with me because — well, maybe I’m wrong. Or they just dismiss him as — it’s academic. Really?

He’s Obama’s regulatory “czar.” He is the author of the book “Nudge.” “Nudge” is basically a book that looks at Americans as a bunch of lab rats. And he knows all the tricks and all the levers to make them behave the way he wants them to. Just a little nudge here and little nudge there.


17 posted on 03/20/2011 3:26:34 PM PDT by LadyBuzz
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18 posted on 03/20/2011 3:29:19 PM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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Wait until Glenn Beck gets wind of this...


19 posted on 03/20/2011 3:31:32 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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Power... convinced first Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

I guess Power no longer considers Clinton a monster.

How Obama adviser Samantha Power was forced to resign

An Edinburgh-based newspaper, the Scotsman, asked her for her reaction to the Clinton victory in the Ohio primary. "We f*ked up in Ohio," Power answered, candidly. "In Ohio, they are obsessed and Hillary [Clinton] is going to town on it, because she knows Ohio's the only place they can win. "She is a monster, too, ­ that is off the record, ­ she is stooping to anything," Power added.

20 posted on 03/20/2011 3:59:14 PM PDT by Plutarch
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