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To: ellery

I think you forgot about Henry Kissinger....his foreign policy advisor.


16 posted on 12/30/2007 12:07:21 AM PST by TheLion
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To: TheLion

I think you forgot about Henry Kissinger....his foreign policy advisor.”


Who was Kissinger advisor too?


17 posted on 12/30/2007 12:22:19 AM PST by ansel12 (Washington:I cannot tell a lie,Clinton:I cannot tell the truth,Romney:I cannot tell the difference.)
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To: TheLion
I think you forgot about Henry Kissinger....his foreign policy advisor.”

Kissinger was Richard Nixon's foreign policy advisor.

18 posted on 12/30/2007 12:59:07 AM PST by Prospero (Ad Astra!)
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To: TheLion

In a side note, Jeane Kirkpatrick was a famous and well known member of the Reagan administration and his cabinet.

-Member, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1985-1990
-Presidential Blue Ribbon Commission on Nuclear Products, 1985-1987
-Presidential Commission on Space, 1985-1987
-U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1981-1985
-Member, President Ronald Reagan’s Cabinet, 1981-1985

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeane_Kirkpatrick

‘Kirkpatrick then became a foreign policy adviser throughout Reagan’s 1980 campaign and presidency and, after his election to the presidency, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, a position she held for four years.’

‘At the 1984 Republican National Convention, Kirkpatrick delivered the memorable “Blame America First” keynote speech,[4] in which re-nominated Reagan by praising his administration’s foreign policy[5] while excoriating the leadership of what she called the “San Francisco Democrats”

Kirkpatrick, a member of the National Security Council, did not get along with either Secretary of State Haig or his successor, George Schultz. She disagreed with Schultz most notably on the Iran-Contra Affair, in which she supported skimming money off arms sales to fund the Contras.[5] Kirkpatrick and Schultz actually came to physical violence in their disagreement over whether to find extra funding for Nicaraguan contras, with Schultz telling Kirkpatrick that it was an “impeachable offense.”[1] Kirkpatrick wished to be Secretary of State or head of the National Security Council, which also did not help their relationship.[1] Shultz threatened to resign if Kirkpatrick was appointed National Security Adviser.[5] Kirkpatrick was more closely allied with Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and head of the CIA, William J. Casey.[9]

Reagan’s Ambassador to the UN
Kirkpatrick once said, “What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.”

According to Jay Nordlinger, on a visit with American dignitaries, Soviet human rights activist Andrei Sakharov said, “Kirkpatski, Kirkpatski, which of you is Kirkpatski?” When others pointed to Kirkpatrick, he said, “Your name is known in every cell in the Gulag,” because she had named Soviet political prisoners on the floor of the UN. [9] Kirkpatrick said she would only serve one term at the UN and stepped down in April 1985.[5]


20 posted on 12/30/2007 2:48:18 PM PST by ansel12 (Washington:I cannot tell a lie,Clinton:I cannot tell the truth,Romney:I cannot tell the difference.)
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