Posted on 05/22/2014 10:43:21 AM PDT by jazusamo
President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry are being accused of ignoring the plight of a U.S. Marine imprisoned in Mexico on gun charges -- with no indication whether Kerry even brought up the case during high-level meetings this week in Mexico City.
"I don't think Kerry gives a damn about this guy," Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., told FoxNews.com on Thursday.
The case of Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi is notable for the lack of public attention it's gotten from administration officials.
Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke out in 2011 on American hikers imprisoned in Iran, and her husband even traveled to North Korea in 2009 to retrieve two Current TV reporters locked up in the hermit kingdom.
According to Hunter's office, U.S. officials at the American consulate in Tijuana are working on the latest case. Tahmooressi has been jailed in Mexico since April 1.
But Hunter told FoxNews.com that he was told last week the matter hadn't reached the "secretary level."
"He can at least say something," Hunter said. "He's got a lot of leverage."
The secretary on Thursday is wrapping up his round of diplomatic visits in the Mexican capital, a day after meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
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And/or gay.
Thanks for linking the petition, MM.
Also everyone should contact their Representatives and Senators, ask them to get Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi home now.
The US Government SHOULD get on the phone to that tin-horned idiot who allegedly runs Mexico and tell him to release our man or face a re-enactment of the Mexican War with live ammo. This corrupt, gangridden, drug-driven piece of garbage on the surface of the world’s epiderm has been insulting us for YEARS. First under that moron Bush II and now under this subversive criminal Obama. Its got to stop.
But as long as that criminal is still sitting unimpeached in the Oval Office, he will allow America to be kicked around by the refuse of the world.
It should not take some petty assed petition to make the USG act on behalf of a US citizen being held in a foreign country on some BS like this one.
Just goes to show, that petty assed petitions are needed in order for petty assed politicians to even remotely look like they’re doing the job they were elected to do...
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Our only job here is to import Mexico’s poverty, don’t bother them with anything else.
That’s my take.
This admin thinks the guy SHOULD be jailed for owning a gun.
I just posted a thread on the petition.
Thank you.
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ANYTHING BUT WUSSES!!
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My broken record.....nobody in gov has good instincts anymore. Obama could’ve gotten his *ss down to Mexico and demand the release of this US military member more quickly than he can get to the middle-of-nowhere Baseball Hall of Fame.
Meanwhile Obama releases tens of thousand of illegal criminals.
Simple immigration law.
Immigration Reciprocity With Mexico Act
Kerry was ORDERED not to give a damn, because Obama refuses to help anybody carrying GUNS.
The administration doesn’t know about this. It hasn’t been reported yet on CNN. Give it another week or so to get some legs. Then Obama will be laser focused on this.
He should tell the state dept. that he is gay. 0 bummer would have him home today.
was he on duty? then how is it relevant that he is in the marine corps?
did the off duty marine violate mexican law, in mexico? then why shouldn’t he be held accountable?
The Marine’s mom was on Beck today for 1/2 hour.
Poor guy will be lucky to get out in a year with the assclowns we have running the State Department.
At least Dear Leader found time to meet with the Seattle Seahawks yesterday.
Our government treats illegal alien felons better than our vets.
One Mexican jailer job created and/or saved.
He is now in the Marine Corps Reserve.
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