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State Department won't help Trump plan Israel policies
Washington Examiner ^ | 1/4/17 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 01/06/2017 7:41:18 AM PST by detective

President-elect Trump won't get any help from the State Department in implementing Israeli-relation policies opposed by President Obama before his inauguration. "The short answer is no," State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters. "You have one president at a time."

Obama's team invoked that axiom to justify high-profile foreign policy actions in recent weeks, notably his decisions to sanction Russia over the election year cyberattacks and to allow the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israeli settlement construction.

Kirby's statement extended that principle to barring any aid in helping the Trump team prepare to move the United States embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem or recognize Jerusalem as the nation's capital.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: capital; embassy; israel; jerusalem; muslim; nato; newzealand; obama; saudi; soros; statedepartment; telaviv; trump; un
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To: vette6387
You can’t come home to a country who’s president wants to put you on trial!

Sure you can - unless you know you're guilty and too much of a coward to defend yourself in our court system.

121 posted on 01/06/2017 11:56:25 AM PST by semimojo
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To: semimojo

“Sure you can - unless you know you’re guilty and too much of a coward to defend yourself in our court system.”

Go Away! You don’t make a lick of sense. BTW Assange is an Australian citizen.
I view Assange as a patriot! You must be a never Trumper!


122 posted on 01/06/2017 12:43:50 PM PST by vette6387
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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Horrors, he'll have to wait 2 weeks to formulate plans to follow a 22 year old law. And he knows who the fire.

123 posted on 01/06/2017 4:11:27 PM PST by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: vette6387
BTW Assange is an Australian citizen. I view Assange as a patriot!

A patriot of what country?

124 posted on 01/06/2017 4:38:57 PM PST by semimojo
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To: detective

Who cares what Obama’s State Department will or won’t do? The freaks will be gone in two weeks. The traitors are phasing into irrelevancy. ‘Bye!


125 posted on 01/06/2017 4:40:57 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (If you think the party that freed the slaves are the racist ones, you might be a liberal.)
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To: vette6387
You must be a never Trumper!

Trump is making it a point to distance himself from the execrable Assange.

You may want to take the hint.

126 posted on 01/06/2017 4:41:19 PM PST by semimojo
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To: Alberta's Child
How many Palestinians have committed acts of terrorism against the U.S. over the last 25 years?

One was murdered in Israel less than a year ago: Taylor Force, US Army veteran, West Point '09 served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was enrolled at Vanderbilt and doing graduate studies in Israel at the time. His murder was praised by Hamas. Force's wife was stabbed also but she lived, I believe. Let's all get on the same side and kick terrorist ass.

127 posted on 01/06/2017 8:18:15 PM PST by Stingray51
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To: albie

I was a foreign service specialist handling IT until five years ago... the stories I won’t tell:)


128 posted on 01/07/2017 6:34:17 AM PST by Jumper
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To: Alberta's Child

Having served in the AmEmbassy Tel Aviv 11-years prior, there has always been active hallway talk that the it would be moved to J-rue.


129 posted on 01/07/2017 6:39:17 AM PST by Jumper
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To: Puppage

What did you think of it?


130 posted on 01/07/2017 9:42:34 AM PST by sarasota
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To: sarasota

I thought it was very well done. Joseph Gordon Levitt is great. You should check out the movie 50/50.


131 posted on 01/07/2017 10:28:31 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Puppage

I saw it twice. Back to Snowden, I was simply loving ending when the real Edward Snowden appeared and said a few words. Shows you how spot on Gordon Levitt’s characterizations were in terms of elocution and body language. Was 50-50 based on a true story as well?


132 posted on 01/07/2017 11:47:40 AM PST by sarasota
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To: sarasota

Completely agree.


133 posted on 01/07/2017 12:16:19 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Army Air Corps
The idiots on this site are overwhelming. The spokesman said, we implement Obama's policies until Jan. 20. We have one president at a time.

I wouldn't expect anything less. On Jan. 20, Trump tells them what to do and until then, it is Obama.

Why is that so hard to understand. Trump is not yet president.

134 posted on 01/07/2017 6:05:01 PM PST by Dave W
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To: Dave W

Had you read beyond the first paragraph, you would have noted that the spokesperson extended his statements include assistance to the incoming administration withe respect to formulating policies. Smooth transition, indeed.


135 posted on 01/08/2017 4:49:17 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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