Posted on 09/04/2009 12:22:30 PM PDT by jessduntno
Know the Inner Circle - Anthony Lake, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor (Co-founder of Global Zero)
In December 2008, Lake and several other prominent leaders started Global Zero, an organization dedicated to eliminating nuclear weapons. The group, which already has over 100 members, will host a conference in 2010.Dombey, Daniel, “Obama camp signals robust approach on Iran,” Financial Times, July 1, 2008.
Lake was one of the most prominent members of the Clinton administration to back Obama. He was particularly impressed by Obama’s stance on Iraq – unlike Clinton, the president had opposed the war from the start.
Lake introduced Gregory B. Craig and Susan E. Rice, co-founded the Intellibridge Corporation, a strategic analysis firm, with David Rothkopf in 2000.
Lake and former U.N. ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke have been competitors since they entered the Foreign Service together in 1962.
Bumiller, Elisabeth, “A Cast of 300 Advises Obama on Foreign Policy,” New York Times, July 18, 2008
Lake first met President Barack Obama in 2002, when he was considering a run for the U.S. Senate and encouraged Obama to run for president and in December 2006, Obama asked him to serve as head of his foreign policy team along with former Clinton assistant Secretary of State Susan E. Rice. In that position, he coordinated Obama’s 300- person international relations advisery committee.
Greenberger, Robert, “The Conversions of Anthony Lake,” Moment Magazine, May/June 2008(3)Greenberger, Robert, “The Conversions of Anthony Lake,” Moment Magazine, May/June 2008
Lake is connected to many foreign policy experts. He and former Clinton aide Sandy Berger served in the State Department together, and Berger accepted the national security adviser position after Lake stepped down.
http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/nuclearweapons/articles/052209_aspiration_global_zero/
No sense of irony there, none whatsoever, in naming your organization “Global Zero” and then going to work for BO.
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