[2ndDivisionVet]

"Did you change 'attacks' to 'demonstrations' in the talking points?" Baier pressed.

"Maybe, I don't remember," Vietor responded, "Dude, this was two years ago!" he said incredulously.

"Dude, it's the thing everyone's talking about," Baier said.

[VerySadAmerican]

Now he will become a millionaire. Those with connections continue to cash in. And party affiliation has nothing to do with it. It’s not who you know, it’s what you have on them.

[1rudeboy]

Trust me on this, guys and gals, I have nothing against van drivers--but a van driver rose so quickly to become National Security Council spokesman?
/facepalm

[struggle]

I give him 6 months.

[FlingWingFlyer]

From, “Dude, buckle your seatbelt” to “Dude, that was two years ago”. He’s come a long way.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Sadly, this is representative of the talent he now can muster...

[Rockpile]

If one was suspicious one might suspect that providing certain goods and services for The One could pay off in one being given a highly paid position for which one is totally un-qualified.

[TruthWillWin]

Was he old enough to have a drivers license in 2008?

[Liz]

Tommy speaks (gag).

BACKCHANNEL.COM-June 5, 2013 by Laura Rozen

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EDITED President Obama's National Security Advisor Tom Donilon will step down, to be succeeded by UN envoy Susan Rice, the White House announced Wednesday. President Obama will nominate his former White House advisor and humanitarian expert Samantha Power to be the next US envoy to the United Nations.

The announcement comes in advance of President Obama’s first meeting with China’s President Xi, in California later this week. Donilon has made the US “rebalance” to Asia a focus of his tenure as Obama’s top national security advisor, and traveled to China late last month to discuss the agenda.

The Back Channel reported May 3rd that Donilon was expected to step down this summer, several months earlier than previous reports had suggested. Among his considerations, associates said, was that he had been doing this for over four long years, and family medical issues.

(Sources say that Donilon’s wife Catherine Russell, former chief of staff to the Vice President’s wife Jill Biden, is recovering from a medical issue. Obama earlier this spring nominated her to be his next ambassador at large for global women’s issues.)

White House associates say Rice and Power, like Donilon, are trusted Obama advisors who have been in his inner circle of national security confidants going back to his 2008 presidential campaign. As such, sources anticipated a relatively smooth transition and a good deal of continuity on major foreign policy issues.

“I think the interesting thing about this transition is it’s clearly been planned for a long time,” former White House spokesperson Tommy Vietor told Back Channel. “It’s not a shake up. It’s a transition in which Susan and Sam can hit the ground running because they have been doing it for four years.”

Read more: http://backchannel.al-monitor.com/index.php/tag/tommy-vietor/#ixzz30hVKPFQP

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Susan and Samantha "transitioned" b/c Susan knew seven ways to prepare ramen while Samantha is adept at opening a can of Spaghetti-o's.

[raybbr]

"I said 'Sir,...

Can anyone here ever imagine calling Obama "Sir"?

[Wuli]

the story simply reflects the ascendency of incompetents and PR types image makers/handlers as THE PRIORITY - over substance - with the current WH and it’s personnel picks

I have no doubt Vieter ascended with Obama because of how far he went to fawn over just being in his presence.

[Daffynition]

Internet gold.

[Eagles6]

I’d give a handful of real money to see a family member of Glen Doherty or Tyrone Woods bitch slap the crap out of this little punk.

[windsorknot]

Looks like a high school student now. Two years ago he was probably in diapers.

[Steven Tyler]

Dude, where did you leave the Gravitas

[Steven Tyler]

Maybe, I don’t remember,” Vietor responded,

First rule of lying, do not remember some things with perfect clarity, then claim not to remember anything about something that happened next.

Vietor failed on this rule

[Graewoulf]

Fresh meat for Speaker Boehner’s future Special Prosecutor Committee to chew on!