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Obama names aide Ben Rhodes to Holocaust Memorial Council
Times of Israel ^ | January 17, 2017, 8:32 pm | Eric Cortellessa

Posted on 01/19/2017 11:10:20 PM PST by Olog-hai

Wiith three days left in his presidency, Barack Obama made his final appointments to administration positions, including adding 10 members to the Holocaust Memorial Council.

Most notable on that list is Ben Rhodes, a long-time Obama aide and speechwriter who managed the White House messaging on selling the Iran deal and explaining the US decision to abstain on a United Nations Security Council resolution last month that condemned Israeli settlements as illegal.

Rhodes, whose official title is deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, was a source of controversy after a New York Times Magazine profile portrayed him as bragging about misrepresenting the nuclear accord to shape American public opinion. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: benrhodes; holocaustmemorial; irandeal; obama; rhodes; settlements
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1 posted on 01/19/2017 11:10:20 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I hope people recognize this as the FU to Jews and Israel that it is.


2 posted on 01/19/2017 11:13:15 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Olog-hai

“Dead Jews? What dead Jews?”


3 posted on 01/19/2017 11:13:32 PM PST by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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To: Olog-hai

Another kick in the teeth. Obama is indefatigable. Ten hours to go.


4 posted on 01/19/2017 11:14:29 PM PST by map
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To: Olog-hai

Added 10 members? How many councilmembes does one museum need?


5 posted on 01/19/2017 11:25:31 PM PST by piasa
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To: Olog-hai

Echo chamber Rhodes? His appointment is to keep Nazi relativism visible.


6 posted on 01/19/2017 11:36:18 PM PST by blackdog
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To: All

Let’s Roll.


7 posted on 01/20/2017 12:04:55 AM PST by 80skid
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To: Olog-hai

What’s next? David Duke to the NAACP?


8 posted on 01/20/2017 12:10:38 AM PST by punchamullah
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To: Olog-hai

9 posted on 01/20/2017 12:22:10 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: clintonh8r

Rhodes and his fellow ignoramuses should be the people in charge of setting up the display of bones piled to the ceiling, dusting each individual piece and replacing it every week.

I suggest YouTube videos by Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi constantly play on monitors in all their offices. Six months should do it.


10 posted on 01/20/2017 12:29:10 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: Olog-hai

Put the man creating the next Holocaust in charge of honoring the last one.

Typical Obama move. Anti American, anti Israel, pro Muzzie. He’s predictable.

Now he needs to go away!


11 posted on 01/20/2017 12:53:51 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: piasa

“Added 10 members? How many councilmembes does one museum need?”

Job-parking Liberal Democrats.

Where else are they going to find $235,000 a yr. no-work jobs?


12 posted on 01/20/2017 12:59:57 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Olog-hai

POS scumbag relishes making peoples skin crawl.....evil.


13 posted on 01/20/2017 1:07:23 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: tcrlaf

This is what I found on a quick
search:

Public Law 106-292

Oct. 12, 2000
[H.R. 4115]

SEC. 2302. Functions of the Council; Membership.

a. IN GENERAL—The United States Holocaust Memorial Council (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the ‘Council’) shall be the board of trustees of the Museum and shall have overall governance responsibility for the Museum, including policy guidance and strategic direction, general oversight of Museum operations, and fiduciary responsibility. The Council shall establish an Executive Committee which shall exercise ongoing governance responsibility when the Council is not in session.

b. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL; APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES-—The Council shall consist of 65 voting members appointed (except as otherwise provided in this section) by the President and the following ex officio nonvoting members:

One appointed by the Secretary of the Interior.
One appointed by the Secretary of State.
One appointed by the Secretary of Education.

Of the 65 voting members, five shall be appointed by the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from among Members of the United States House of Representatives and five shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the United States Senate upon the recommendation of the majority and minority leaders from among Members of the United States Senate. Any vacancy in the Council shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made.

SEC. 2303. Compensation; Travel Expenses; Full-Time Officers or Employees of United States or Members of Congress.

a. IN GENERAL—Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, members of the Council are each authorized to be paid the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, for each day (including travel time) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties of the Council. While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Council, members of the Council shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 5.

b. EXCEPTION—Members of the Council who are full-time officers or employees of the United States or Members of Congress shall receive no additional pay by reason of their service on the Council.

My question is how many days a year are the members performing official duties and can President Trump limit the number of days they are performing museum duties?


14 posted on 01/20/2017 1:50:37 AM PST by usnavy_cop_retired (Retiree in the P.I. living as a legal immigrant)
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To: Olog-hai

This would be a one-day appointment, as President Trump can fire the whole bunch of them, right?


15 posted on 01/20/2017 2:06:20 AM PST by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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To: Olog-hai

OMG....every Democrat wants Israel GONE!


16 posted on 01/20/2017 2:20:47 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Olog-hai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stbMseTPfiM

Mazel Tov !

(What holocaust, is that not a myth?)sarc.


17 posted on 01/20/2017 2:27:06 AM PST by Candor7 ( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: usnavy_cop_retired
(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2016)[2]
Level I $205,700
Level II $185,100
Level III $170,400
Level IV $160,300
Level V $150,200

Maybe that's just a good gig in DC, but that's a great salary anywhere else, especially for doing nothing.

Just the 'O taking care of his peeps.

18 posted on 01/20/2017 2:52:08 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Olog-hai

Iranian mole got her federal gig.dont know where but i hope it doesnt last long


19 posted on 01/20/2017 3:17:24 AM PST by RummyChick (Trump Train Hobo TM Rummychick. Example - Ryan Romney Kasich. Quit trying to Jump on the Train)
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To: texas booster

That’s insane.


20 posted on 01/20/2017 3:21:30 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
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