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Was Elizabeth O'Bagy even a PhD candidate?
Sept. 11, 2013 | Matthew Vadum

Posted on 09/11/2013 3:18:48 PM PDT by vadum

Elizabeth O'Bagy, whose WSJ column was relied on by John Kerry and John McCain to justify Obama's proposed Syria intervention was fired from her job for falsely claiming to hold a Ph.D. degree.

Was she even enrolled as a Ph.D. candidate somewhere? It is unclear.

A web page for Georgetown's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies indicates that "Elizabeth (Bailey) O'Bagy" graduated with an Master of Arts in Arab Studies.

She is fifth from the bottom of the list at http://ccas.georgetown.edu/story/1242708341083.html.

Was she even a doctoral candidate? Dunno.


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To: vadum

Aren’t we all PhD candidates?


21 posted on 09/11/2013 3:45:48 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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22 posted on 09/11/2013 3:46:54 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Diogenesis; All

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23 posted on 09/11/2013 3:48:06 PM PDT by libstripper (])
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To: Dysart
She’s nothing more than an advocate/shill for the left who gained credibility through the miracle of nuevo personal branding/promotion.

Yes. But shills always have someone behind them who doesn't want to be seen, pulling the strings.

I have to wonder if she's had any relationship with Vallerie Jarrett.

24 posted on 09/11/2013 3:48:36 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: vadum

Some masters programs are terminal and end with that degree, but some people get a masters on their way to the doctorate. Once they get the coursework out of the way, they are awarded the masters in case they don’t complete the thesis.


25 posted on 09/11/2013 4:04:45 PM PDT by x
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To: vadum

maybe she is working to replace huma for hitlery


26 posted on 09/11/2013 4:08:42 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (We should not fear our government. Our government should fear us.)
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To: bravo whiskey

After Weiner’s last flameout (did you see the photo of him driving away giving the press the finger), I can’t see how he’s of any use to Huma. What’s the Muslim Brotherhood going to do with that twit if he’s not in office?

Maybe Huma will be available soon.


27 posted on 09/11/2013 4:14:26 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: vadum

On the left - guilty. On the right - not guilty.

28 posted on 09/11/2013 4:27:33 PM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: vadum
When doctoral candidates finish the required coursework for their field of study, they are typically granted the master's degree, even though they are enrolled with the intention of gaining the doctorate.

After completing the requirements, they then complete two or more years of independent research and complete a book-length summary of their findings that, on approval by their dissertation committee, will grant them the doctorate.

29 posted on 09/11/2013 4:30:45 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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To: vadum

At least she isn’t lying she is Native American like Professor and now Senator Elizabeth Warren


30 posted on 09/11/2013 4:35:17 PM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: vadum

Going to the above link (leave of period after html shows this as someone’s distinction:

Lizette Baghdadi* - “Lesbanon: The Lesbian Experience in Lebanon”

Also, order is alphabetical.


31 posted on 09/11/2013 4:49:32 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: lee martell

I bet if someone were to do some digging they would find she is a rabid, foaming at the mouth, Hillary supporter.


32 posted on 09/11/2013 4:50:09 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: vadum

It sure looks like a fake identity to me. Notice you can’t find a single thing referring to her (and she has quite a unique name, so if there were something it would stick out) that predates her public work. No Facebook, Twitter account has nothing older than March, no school listings, no anything. It’s as if she didn’t exist before she was created to promote war in Syria.


33 posted on 09/11/2013 4:58:57 PM PDT by thoughtomator 2.0
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To: vadum

Has His Arrogance ever hired or appointed anyone that wasn’t an accomplished liar?


34 posted on 09/11/2013 5:11:44 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Progressives when they fail blame others and do the same thing again expecting different results)
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To: bravo whiskey
maybe she is working to replace huma for hitlery

Or someone else?


35 posted on 09/11/2013 5:20:53 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: Albion Wilde
When doctoral candidates finish the required coursework for their field of study, they are typically granted the master's degree, even though they are enrolled with the intention of gaining the doctorate.

I had already obtained a masters degree from one school when I enrolled in a doctoral program at a different school. I was surprised when the head of the department said that the MS was a consolation prize for those who couldn't finish a doctorate. It certainly wasn't such at the place where I earned one.

However, once I successfully defended my dissertation, I was officially a PhD, and could call myself Dr. I didn't have to wait until I'd gone through the ceremonial formality of walking across the stage. At some schools, I've since learned, it's that formality that counts. You can't call yourself Dr. until you actually have the diploma in hand.

I've read varying stories about Ms. O'Bagy: that she had defended her dissertation; that she was enrolled in a doctoral program but hadn't completed her dissertation; that she wasn't even registered as a student. I don't know what the truth is.

36 posted on 09/11/2013 6:03:10 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney ( book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, available from Amazon.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

O’Bagy is following a in the footsteps of many high-level officials in Beijing. They fraudulently claim to have phDs from Harvard or Yale to obtain top-level jobs. This poses as a major problem for China, since most of its leadership is incompetent and they don’t listen to advice from their underlings , since they flash fake PhD diplomas whenever somebody disagrees with them.


37 posted on 09/11/2013 6:34:33 PM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: vadum
I think Ms. O'Bagy is pushed out of public view to protect McCain, Obama, Kerry, etc.

She had a high profile at The Institute for the Study of War, and was author of numerous reports on Syria:

http://web.archive.org/web/20130623135038/http://understandingwar.org/press-media/staff-bios/elizabeth-obagy

This courtesy of the Wayback Machine.

38 posted on 09/12/2013 12:20:06 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: thoughtomator 2.0

See my post 38.


39 posted on 09/12/2013 12:21:19 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: JoeFromSidney

I have a terminal master’s also; had to write a thesis and all that. Anyway, if Ms O’Baggypants has indeed defended her dissertation but has not had it approved yet, she is getting a little bit of a bum rap. But she shouldn’t have said she finished, if in fact she said that. The press is so unreliable.

Enjoyed your home page, btw.


40 posted on 09/12/2013 6:41:24 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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