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UN Nominee Disavows Past Comments on ‘Crimes’ Committed by U.S.
Cybercast News Service ^ | July 17, 2013 - 4:52 PM | Alissa Tabirian

Posted on 07/17/2013 8:38:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Under questioning by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Samantha Power, President Obama’s nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations, disavowed her own published comments in which she advocated U.S. intervention in the Arab-Israeli conflict and referred to “crimes” committed by the United States, comparing them to Nazi atrocities.

During a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Power said that although the U.S. has a “national security interest and a moral responsibility to respond to cases of mass atrocity…that does not mean the United States should intervene militarily every time there’s an injustice in the world.” …

But when Rubio asked President Obama’s former foreign policy advisor about interviews and articles she had written that urge U.S. intervention in the Arab-Israeli conflict, she disavowed her own previous comments. …

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: liberalagenda; samanthapower; samanthapowerhearing; un; unambassador
Well, that just wipes the slate clean, does it not.
1 posted on 07/17/2013 8:38:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Still lying I see.


2 posted on 07/17/2013 8:39:28 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Olog-hai

She was “evolving” as Lib’s say about lying.


3 posted on 07/17/2013 8:40:23 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Olog-hai

I wrote both my Senators about her hatred and antagonism towards Israel.

Blessing Israel is up there with protecting babies as far as my votes go.


4 posted on 07/17/2013 9:06:44 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Thy Kingdom come!)
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To: Olog-hai
referred to “crimes” committed by the United States, comparing them to Nazi atrocities.
Of course she's sorry. She's sorry for using the nazi reference as a negative. After all, this administration is acting like a bunch of nazis diguised as progressives.
5 posted on 07/17/2013 9:22:41 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Olog-hai

What’s the use of being a liberal if you can’t lie, cheat, and steal?


6 posted on 07/18/2013 3:35:36 AM PDT by Amagi (Buying "Green" means purchasing inferior quality at increased cost.)
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To: Olog-hai
She will be instrumental in handing over our sovereignty to the cesspool. Compromised on all levels
7 posted on 07/18/2013 3:53:21 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (Yesterdays conspiracies are todays truths)
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To: Impala64ssa; All

After all, this administration is acting like a bunch of nazis diguised as progressives.
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6 minutes
Marco Rubio questions Samantha Powers- clip
Monica Crowley comments on the clip and on her background
Monica calls her the most dangerous appointment This President Has Made

UN Nomination Growing Backlash Over Samantha Power, Power Compared United States To Nazi Germany

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyqo7BK7f9o


8 posted on 07/18/2013 5:05:30 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Olog-hai

Mitt Romney called. He wants his Etch-A-Sketch back.


9 posted on 07/18/2013 5:09:50 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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