State Dinner guest list…where was Oprah?

November 25, 2009

Update 2: Couple crashes State Dinner; Inauguration

Update 1: still don’t know why Oprah wasn’t there but she announced there will be an Oprah primetime Christmas special filmed at the WH.

Hello Mrs Perkins:

Here is the official guest list prior to the State Dinner.

Oprah was most definitely not there – Gayle King was. How’s that for paying Oprah back? King said Oprah was out in California working on her plans for her cable network, as if that’s more important than the first black president’s – who she went out of her way to help get elected – first state dinner.

Don’t know the real reason. Will have to see what I can find. Thank you for your kind words.

Guest List (alphabetical)

The President & First Lady Michelle Obama

Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, India & Ms. Gursharan Kaur

The Honorable (Rep) Gary Ackerman, United States Representative
Mr. Sant Singh Chatwal (Guest)

His Excellency Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation

Mr. Mukesh D Ambani

Mr. Tim Dutta (Spouse of Ms. Pia Awal)

The Honorable (Mr.) David Axelrod, White House Communications
Mrs. Susan Axelrod

Ms. Preeta Bansal, OMB – General Counsel

The Honorable (Ms.) Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council
Mr. Marland E. Buckner

The Honorable (Rep.) Howard Berman, United States Representative (D/California)
Mrs. Janis Berman, Spouse of United States Representative (D/California)

Mr. Om Prakash Bhatt

Mr. Hunter Biden
Mrs. Kathleen Biden

The Honorable (Vice President) Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States
Dr. Jill Biden

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Mr. Robert O Blake, Jr., Assistant Sec for South and Central Asian Affairs, State Department
Mrs. Sofia Blake

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York, NY
Ms. Diana Taylor

The Honorable (Mr.) John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Deputy National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism, Homeland Security Council
Mrs. Katherine Brennan

The Honorable (Ms.) Lisa Brown, Office of Staff Secretary
Mr. Kevin Cullen

Mr. Donald Browne
Ms. Maria Junqera

The Honorable (Ms.) Carol Browner, Energy and Climate Change
The Honorable (Mr.) Tom Downey

Mr. William Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State
Ms. Lisa Carty

General James E Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mrs. Sandee Cartwright

The Honorable (Senator) Bob Casey, United States Senator (D/Pennsylvania)
Mrs. Terese Casey, United States Senate Spouse (D/Pennsylvania)

Mr. Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Mrs. Julie Chandrasekaran

Mr. I.S. Chaturvedi, Personal Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation

Senator Satveer Chaudhry, State Senator
Colonel Ravi Chaudhry (Guest)

Ms. Rohini Chopra

Mr. Deepak Chopra
Mrs. Rita Chopra

The Honorable (Secretary) Steven Chu, Secretary of the Department of Energy
Mrs. Jean Chu

The Honorable (Secretary) Hillary R. Clinton, Secretary of State

The Honorable (Rep.) James E. Clyburn, United States Representative (D/South Carolina)
Mrs. Emily Clyburn

The Honorable (Senator) Kent Conrad, United States Senator (D/North Dakota)
Ms. Lucy Calutti, United States Senate Spouse (D/North Dakota)

Mr. David Cote

Ms. Katie Couric
Mr. Brooks L Perlin

Mr. Greg Craig, Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President
Mrs. Margaret D Craig

Mrs. Paula Crown
Mr. Jim Crown

The Honorable (Rep.) Elijah Cummings, United States Representative (D/Maryland)
Mrs. Maya Rockeymoore

Senator Swati Dandekar, State Senator
Mr. Arvind Dandekar

Mr. Rajesh De, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

Nancy Ann DeParle, Office of Health Reform
Mr. Jason P DeParle

Ms. Bhairavi Desai
Javaid Tariq

Dr. Vishakha N. Desai
Robert Oxman

The Honorable (Senator) Chris Dodd, United States Senator (D/Connecticut)
Mrs. Jackie Clegg Dodd

Mr. John Doerr

The Honorable (Mr.) Thomas Donilon, Assistant to the President, Deputy National Security Advisor, NSC
Ms. Cathy Russell

The Honorable Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director
Mr. Bob Bauer

Mr. Ari Emanuel
Mrs. Sarah Emanuel

The Honorable (Mr.) Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff to the President
Ms. Amy Rule

The Honorable (Mr.) Jon Favreau, Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting

Ms. Sarah Feinberg, Office of the Chief of Staff

The Honorable (Mayor) Adrian Fenty, Mayor of the District of Columbia
Mrs. Michelle Fenty

Ms. Michelle Flournoy

Mr. Thomas Friedman
Mrs. Ann Friedman

The Honorable (Mr.) Mike Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, NSC

Dr. Ashok S Ganguly

The Honorable (Mr.) Patrick Gaspard, Office of Political Affairs
Mrs. Raina Washington

The Honorable Robert Gates

Ms. Charlene Gaynor
Mr. Richard Heiss

Mr. David Geffen
Mr. Jeremy Lingvall

The Honorable (Secretary) Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury
Ms. Carole Sonnenfeld

The Honorable (Mr.) Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary

Mr. Anish Goel, Acting Senior Director, South Asia Affairs, NSC

Mr. Senapathy Gopalakrishnan

Mr. Mark Gorenberg
Ms. Wendy Wanderman

Mr. John Gorman
Mrs. Tamra Gorman

Representative Jay Goyal, State Representative
Kiran Goyal

Representative Raj Goyle, State Representative
Mrs. Monica Arora

The Honorable (Governor) Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan (D)
Mr. Daniel Mulhern, First Gentleman of Michigan

Mr. Earl G. Graves
Mrs. Barbara Graves

Ms. Geeta Rao Gupta
Mr. Arvind Gupta

Mr. Raj Gupta

Mr. Rajat Gupta
Mrs. Anita M Gupta

Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Mrs. Rebecca Olson Gupta

Mr. Lee Hamilton
Mrs. Nancy Hamilton

The Honorable (Ms.) Kamala Harris
Ms. Maya Harris

Mr. Kamil Hassan
Mrs. Talat Hassan

Mr. George Haywood
Mrs. Cheryl J Haywood

The Honorable Fred Hochberg, Export-Import Bank
Thomas P Healy

The Honorable (Rep.) Paul Hodes, United States Representative (D/New Hampshire)
Mrs. Margaret Hodes

The Honorable (Attorney General) Eric Holder, United States Attorney General, Department of Justice
Dr. Sharon Malone, MD

Dr. John P. Holdren
Dr. Cheryl E Holdren

The Honorable (Rep.) Eleanor Holmes-Norton, United States of Representative (D/DC)
Mr. John Norton

Mr. Robert D Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, State Department
Ms. Camille Massey

The Honorable (Rep) Steny Hoyer, United States Representative (D/Maryland)
Ms. Kathleen May

Mr. Chris Hughes
Mr. Sean S Eldridge

Mr. Jeff Immelt

The Honorable (Senator) Daniel Inouye, United States Senator (D/Hawaii)
Ms. Irene Hirano, United States Senate Spouse (D/Hawaii)

Mrs. Deepa Iyer
Mr. Parag Khandhar
Mr. Vasudeva Iyer

The Honorable (Administrator) Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Kenneth Jackson

The Honorable (Ms.) Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor

The Honorable (Governor) Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana
Mrs. Supriya Jindal, First Lady of Louisiana

The Honorable (General) James Jones, Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor
Mrs. Diane Jones

Mrs. Ann Jordan
Mr. Vernon Jordan

Mr. Anil Kakani

Mr. Farooq Kathwari
Mrs. Farida Kathwari

Mr. Neal Katyal, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General

Mr. Jeffrey Katzenberg
Mrs. Marilyn Katzenberg

Ms. Maneesha Kelkar, Manavi
Vinay Vaishampayan

The Honorable (Senator) John Kerry, United States Senator (D/Massachusetts)

Dr. Harish Khare, Media Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, Indian Delegation

The Honorable (Mr.) Bradley Kiley, Office of Management and Administration
Mr. James Coley, Jr.

Ms. Gayle King

The Honorable (Ambassador) Ron Kirk, USTR
Mrs. Matrice Ellis-Kirk

The Honorable (Mr.) Ronald Klain, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Office of the Vice President

Mrs. Chanda D Kochhar

His Excellency S.M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation

Ms. Gaitri Kumar, Joint Secretary (Americas), Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation

Mr. Vivek Kundra

Mrs. Jhumpa Lahiri
Mr. Alberto Vourvoulias

Mr. Marc Lasry
Cathy Lasry

Mr. Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary, Department of State

The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce
Mrs. Mona Locke

The Honorable (Mr.) Christopher Lu, Cabinet Affairs
Ms. Kathryn Thomson

The Honorable (Senator) Richard Lugar, United States Senator (R/Indiana)
Mrs. Char Lugar, United States Senate Spouse (R/Indiana)

Mr. Michael Lynton
Ms. Elizabeth Jamie Alter

Mr. Surinder Malhotra

The Honorable (Chief of Protocol) Capricia Marshall

The Honorable (Ms.) Alyssa Mastromonaco, White House Office of Scheduling

Mr. Brian Mathis
Mrs. Tracey Kemble

Ms. Kiran Mazumda-Shaw

The Honorable (Senator) Claire McCaskill, United States Senator (D/Missouri)
Mr. Joseph Shepard, United States Senate Spouse

The Honorable (Rep) Jim McDermott, United States Representative (D/Washington)
Mrs. Therese Marie Hansen

Mr. Zarin Mehta
Ms. Carmen Lasky

The Honorable (Mr.) Jim Messina, Office of Chief of Staff

Mr. Judd Miner
Mrs. Linda Miner

Mr. Newt Minow
Mrs. Josephine Minow

Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal

Kalpen Modi, Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement

Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mrs. Deborah Mullen

The Honorable (Secretary) Janet Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security

His Excellency M.K. Narayanan, National Security Adviser of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation

Mr. Shantanu Narayen
Mrs. Reni Narayen

Mr. Raju Narisetti
Durga Raghunath

Mr. Martin Nesbitt
Ms. Anita Blanchard

Mr. Konrad Ng
Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng

Ms. Indra Nooyi

The Honorable (Rep) David Obey, United States Representative (D/Wisconsin)
Mrs. Joan Obey

The Honorable (Mr.) Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management & Budget

Mr. Jim Owens
Ms. Katie Owens

Mr. Deepak Parekh

Mr. Eboo Patel
Ms. Shehnez Mansuri

The Honorable (Governor) Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts (D)
Mrs. Diane Patrick, First Lady of Massachusetts

The Honorable (Speaker) Nancy Pelosi, United States Representative (D/California) and Speaker of the House
Mr. Paul Pelosi

Mr. Dan Pfeiffer, White House Office of Communications

Mr. Sam Pitroda
Mrs. Anjana Pitroda

General Colin Powell
Ms. Alma Powell

Dr. Rachakonda D Prabhu
Dr. Lata Shete Prabhu

Mrs. Penny Pritzker
Dr. Brian Traubert

Ms. Kavita Ramdas

Her Excellency Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation

Ms. Preetha Reddy

The Honorable (Governor) Edward Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania (D)
The Honorable (Judge) Marjorie Rendell, First Lady of Pennsylvania

Mr. Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting

The Honorable (Ambassador) Susan Rice, United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Mr. Ian Cameron

The Honorable (Governor) Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico (D)
Mrs. Barbara Richardson, First Lady of New Mexico

Ms. Robin Roberts

Mrs. Marian Robinson

Ambassador Timothy Roemer, US Ambassador to India
Mrs. Mary Johnston

Ms. Desiree Rogers, Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary

Mr. John Rogers

The Honorable (Dr.) Christina Romer, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers

Mr. Dennis Ross, NSC

The Honorable (Rep) Edward Randall Royce, United States Representative
Marie Therese Royce

Mr. Michael Sacks
Mrs. Cari Sacks

The Honorable (Rep.) Linda Sanchez, United States Representative (D/California)
Mr. James Sullivan, Guest of Then Honorable Linda Sanchez

Mr. Pankaj Saran, Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation

His Excellency Shyam Saran, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, Indian Delegation

Mr. Jaideep Sarkar, Personal Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation

Mr. Parag Saxena

The Honorable (Rep.) Jan Schakowsky, United States Representative (D/Illinois)
Mr. Robert Creamer

The Honorable (Mr.) Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Mrs. Jody Schiliro

Ms. Annetta Seecharran
Seema Agnani

Mr. Stuart Seldowitz, Acting Director for South Asia, NSC

Dr. Amartya Sen
Ms. Emma Georgina Rothschild

Under Secretary Rajiv J Shah, Under Secretary for Research, Education & Economics, Department of Agriculture

The Honorable Sonal Shah, Deputy Assist to the President, Director Office of SICP, Domestic Policy Council

Mr. Vinod Shah

Her Excellency Meera SHANKAR, Ambassador, India

The Honorable Susan Sher, Assistant to the President/Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The Honorable (Mr.) Neil Cohen

Mr. M. Night Shyamalan
Mrs. Bhavna Shyamalan

Ms. Amrit Singh
Mr. Analjit Singh

Mr. Arun K. Singh, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation

Mr. Balvinder Singh
Mr. Mohinder Singh

Mr. Lakhwinder Singh
Mrs. Sukhbir Kaur

Ms. Upinder Singh

Mr. Steven Spielberg

Mr. Sri Srinivasan
Ms. Carla Garrett

Ms. Srinija Srinivasan

The Honorable (Mr.) Jim Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State
Ms. Sherburne Bradstreet

Mrs. Semonti Stephens, Deputy Press Secretary, Office of the First Lady

Mr. Andy Stern
Ms. Anna Burger

Mrs. Jane Stetson
Mr. Bill Stetson

Honorable (Dr.) Larry Summers, Director, National Economic Council
Dr. Elisa New

The Honorable (Ms.) Mona Sutphen, Office of Chief of Staff
Mr. Clyde Williams

Mr. Ratan Tata

The Honorable (Ms.) Tina Tchen, Office of Public Liaison

Ambassador Vinai Thummalapally, Ambassador, Embassy of Belize
Mrs. Barbara Thummalapally

Mr. Jim Torrey
Ms. Rose P Lynch

Mr. Richard Trumka
Mr. Paul H Lemmon

Ms. Urvashi Vaid
Ms. Kate Clinton

Mr. Kirk Wagar
Ms. Crystal Connor

Dr. Eric E. Whitaker
Dr. Cheryl Whitaker

Mr. Brian Williams
Mrs. Jane Williams

Mr. Wellington Wilson
Mrs. Wilson

Mr. Neal Wolin, Deputy Secretary, Department of Treasury

Ms. Alfre Woodard
Mr. Blair E Underwood

Mr. Fareed Zakaria
Ms. Paula Throckmorton Zakaria

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State Dinner crashers?

November 26, 2009

Other photos: Inauguration, Kennedy Center with Oprah

Updated

This is truly hard to believe. An uninvited couple got past the Secret Service and crashed the State Dinner.

Worse – the SS didn’t even realize it until the couple posted photos on Facebook (below).

The Washington Post evidently saw the posted photos and emailed the couple to ask why they weren’t on the official guest list, which was released just hours before the event. Mr Salahi mentioned the America’s Polo Cup World Championships coming up June 2010. When pushed, he said “it was last-minute attending.”

No account of how the SS discovered it. The Post doesn’t say they contacted them.

Update: Washington Post’s “Reliable Sources” gossip columnist ROXANNE ROBERTS recognized the crashers immediately and knew they didn’t fit in but she didn’t take it one step further. Who would? Getting past Secret Service should theoretically be impossible, especially at a State Dinner. Those two strolled right in the front door.

[CNN Video of the crashers being announced and strolling past reporters. Ms Roberts reports.]

TAREQ & MICHAELE SALAHI with Rahm Emanuel (they labeled him “Ron”)

Probabaly the only photo of VP Biden from the event.

Accompanying the photos:

Honored to be at the White House for the state dinner in honor of India with President Obama and our First Lady!

The Washington Post describes the couple as:

polo-playing socialites known for a bitter family feud over a Fauquier County winery and their possible roles in the forthcoming “The Real Housewives of Washington”.

Aka seeking publicity like balloon boy – except this could land them in jail. They had to lie to someone to get in because their names weren’t on the list.

Unclear how they got on the grounds but they strolled right in the front door of the WH (announced by a Marine), mingled in the lower lobby with folks around the red carpet, made their way up to the East Room for cocktails and then moseyed on out to the tent. They were never seated in the tent but they were in the same room as FLOTUS, POTUS and Prime Minister Singh. Unknown if any of them had direct contact.

And get this – there is no checkpoint to exit the WH grounds.

The crashers documented their own crime:

Michaele posed with: VP Biden, Katie Couric, Rep Ed Royce (R-CA) and the Marines posted at the door.

Both posed with: VP Joe Biden, Rahm Emanuel, Robin Roberts, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty and his wife, Michelle, Bollywood composer AR Rahman and PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi.

Secret Service Agent ED DONOVAN said in a statement that their:

Office of Professional Responsibility will be conducting a comprehensive review of the incident.

And that their preliminary investigation identified:

a Secret Service checkpoint which did not follow proper procedure to ensure these two individuals were on the invited guest list.

He also made sure to include:

Everyone who enters the White House grounds goes through magnetometers and several other levels of screenings. That was the case with the state dinner last night. No one was under any risk or threat.

And if they were assassins they wouldn’t need anything but their hands.

Even though the SS is admitting the security breach, the spokeswoman for the crashers, Mahogany Jones was nonplussed:

The Salahis were honored to be a part of such a prestigious event…. They both had a wonderful time.

And that they had:

full clearance to attend the state dinner.

As of this writing, the crashers have not made a statement themselves.

The WH is conducting their own review.

Who do you think will be fired?

Michelle’s Social Secretary who is supposed to be standing there vetting folks?

Or one of her other two dozen attendants?

Or will some poor Marine get blamed?

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Oprah Christmas special with POTUS/FLOTUS

November 25, 2009

Well this is interesting – in general and also the timing of its release.

Oprah wasn’t at the State Dinner but she will be hosting a hour-long primetime Christmas special (Dec 13) with the first couple: Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special. Set to air December 13, 9 pm CST on ABC.

Would like to know when Oprah was invited and how long this has been in the works because it’s a mystery why she wasn’t at barry’s State Dinner. (List of guests)

Still haven’t discovered an explanation. Oprah the media mogul could have used the opportunity to hype the special.

Oprah’s website:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 25, 2009

CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey will usher in the holidays at the White House, visiting President Barack Obama and the first lady as they prepare for their family’s first Christmas there, on Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special, airing Sunday, December 13, at 10 p.m. ET on the ABC Television Network.

The intimate, informative and entertaining hour-long special will include a one-on-one conversation with the president, marking the first time Oprah has interviewed him since he took office, as well as an exclusive sit-down interview with the first couple. The special will showcase behind-the-scenes preparations as the White House gets ready for the holiday season.

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POTUS pardons “Courage”

November 25, 2009

As daughters Malia and Sasha look on.

Reuters

THE PRESIDENT: Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. Welcome to the White House. On behalf of Sasha and Malia and myself, we’re thrilled to see you. I want to thank Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, and Joel Brandenberger, its president, for donating this year’s turkey. His name is “Courage,” and he traveled here from Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he was raised under Walter’s own precious care.

(Turkey gobbles.)

THE PRESIDENT: There you go. (Laughter.)

Now, the National Turkey Federation has been bringing its finest turkeys to the White House for more than 50 years. I’m told Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson actually ate their turkeys. You can’t fault them for that; that’s a good-looking bird. (Laughter.) President Kennedy was even given a turkey with a sign around its neck that said, “Good Eatin’, Mr. President.” But he showed mercy and he said, “Let’s keep him going.” And 20 years ago this Thanksgiving, the first President Bush issued the first official presidential pardon for a turkey.

[Rest of transcript follows, if interested.]

Today, I am pleased to announce that thanks to the interventions of Malia and Sasha — because I was planning to eat this sucker — (laughter) — “Courage” will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate. Later today, he’ll head to Disneyland, where he’ll be grand marshal of tomorrow’s parade. And just in case “Courage” can’t fulfill his responsibilities, Walter brought along another turkey, “Carolina,” as an alternate, the stand-in.

Now, later this afternoon, Michelle, Malia, Sasha and I will take two of their less fortunate brethren to Martha’s Table, an organization that does extraordinary work to help folks here in D.C. who need it the most. And I want to thank Jaindl’s Turkey Farm in Orefield, Pennsylvania, for donating those dressed birds for dinner. So today, all told, I believe it’s fair to say that we have saved or created four turkeys. (Laughter.)

You know, there are certain days that remind me of why I ran for this office. And then there are moments like this — (laughter) — where I pardon a turkey and send it to Disneyland. (Laughter.) But every single day, I am thankful for the extraordinary responsibility that the American people have placed in me. I am humbled by the privilege that it is to serve them, and the tremendous honor it is to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the finest military in the world — and I want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to every service member at home or in harm’s way. We’re proud of you and we are thinking of you and we’re praying for you.

When my family and I sit around the table tomorrow, just like millions of other families across America, we’ll take time to give our thanks for many blessings. But we’ll also remember this is a time when so many members of our American family are hurting. There’s no question this has been a tough year for America. We’re at war. Our economy is emerging from an extraordinary recession into recovery. But there’s a long way to go and a lot of work to do.

In more tranquil times, it’s easy to notice our many blessings. It’s even easier to take them for granted. But in times like these, they resonate a bit more powerfully. When President Lincoln set aside the National Day of Thanksgiving for the first time — to celebrate America’s “fruitful fields,” “healthful skies,” and the “strength and vigor” of the American people — it was in the midst of the Civil War, just when the future of our very union was most in doubt. So think about that. When times were darkest, President Lincoln understood that our American blessings shined brighter than ever.

This is an era of new perils and new hardships. But we are, as ever, a people of endless compassion, boundless ingenuity, limitless strength. We’re the heirs to a hard-earned history and stewards of a land of God-given beauty. We are Americans. And for all this, we give our humble thanks — to our predecessors, to one another, and to God.

So on this quintessentially American holiday, as we give thanks for what we’ve got, let’s also give back to those who are less fortunate. As we give thanks for our loved ones, let us remember those who can’t be with us. And as we give thanks for our security, let’s in turn thank those who’ve sacrificed to make it possible, wherever they may be.

Now, before this turkey gets too nervous that Bo will escape and screw up this pardon — (laughter) — or before I change my mind, I hereby pardon “Courage” so that he can live out the rest of his days in peace and tranquility in Disneyland.

And to every American, I want to wish you, on behalf of myself, Malia, Sasha, and Michelle, the happiest of Thanksgivings. Thank you very much, everybody. (Applause.)

END

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POTUS Thanksgiving message (text)

November 26, 2009

Pardons “Courage” (video)

POTUS Thanksgiving message and weekly address all in one.

WASHINGTON – In the midst of these challenging times for our nation, President Barack Obama used his weekly address to express gratitude to America’s military men and women and their families, and give thanks for our nation’s many blessings. He also discussed the steps his administration is taking to repair the damaged economy, so that next Thanksgiving, Americans across the country can give thanks for a brighter and stronger economy.

The audio and video will be available at 6:00am Thursday, November 26, 2009 at www.whitehouse.gov.

Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address
Thursday, November 26, 2009

For centuries, in peace and in war, in prosperity and in adversity, Americans have paused at this time of year to gather with loved ones and give thanks for life’s blessings. This week, we carry on this distinctly American tradition. All across our country, folks are coming together to spend time with family, to catch up with old friends, to cook and enjoy a big dinner – and maybe to watch a little football in between.

As always, we give thanks for the kindness of loved ones, for the joys of the previous year, and for the pride we feel in our communities and country. We keep in our thoughts and prayers the many families marking this Thanksgiving with an empty seat – saved for a son or daughter, or husband or wife, stationed in harm’s way. And we say a special thanks for the sacrifices those men and women in uniform are making for our safety and freedom, and for all those Americans who enrich the lives of our communities through acts of kindness, generosity and service.

But as much as we all have to be thankful for, we also know that this year millions of Americans are facing very difficult economic times. Many have lost jobs in this recession – the worst in generations. Many more are struggling to afford health care premiums and house payments, let alone to save for an education or retirement. Too many are wondering if the dream of a middle class life – that American Dream – is slipping away. It’s the worry I hear from folks across the country; good, hard-working people doing the best they can for their families – but fearing that their best just isn’t good enough. These are not strangers. They are our family, our friends, and our neighbors. Their struggles must be our concern.

That’s why we passed the Recovery Act that cut taxes for 95 percent of working people and for small businesses – and that extended unemployment benefits and health coverage for millions of Americans who lost their jobs in this turmoil. That’s why we are reforming the health care system so that middle-class families have affordable insurance that cannot be denied because of a pre-existing condition or taken away because you happen to get sick. We’ve worked to stem the tide of foreclosures and to stop the decline in home values. We’re making it easier to save for retirement and more affordable to send a son or daughter to college.

The investments we have made and tough steps we have taken have helped break the back of the recession, and now our economy is finally growing again. But as I said when I took office, job recovery from this crisis would not come easily or quickly. Though the job losses we were experiencing earlier this year have slowed dramatically, we’re still not creating enough new jobs each month to make up for the ones we’re losing. And no matter what the economists say, for families and communities across the country, this recession will not end until we completely turn that tide.

So we’ve made progress. But we cannot rest – and my administration will not rest – until we have revived this economy and rebuilt it stronger than before; until we are creating jobs and opportunities for middle class families; until we have moved beyond the cycles of boom and bust – of reckless risk and speculation – that led us to so much crisis and pain these past few years.

Next week, I’ll be meeting with owners of large and small businesses, labor leaders, and non-for-profits from across the country, to talk about the additional steps we can take to help spur job creation. I will work with the Congress to enact them quickly. And it is my fervent hope – and my heartfelt expectation – that next Thanksgiving we will be able to celebrate the fact that many of those who have lost their jobs are back at work, and that as a nation we will have come through these difficult storms stronger and wiser and grateful to have reached a brighter day.

Thank you, God bless you, and from my family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving.

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POTUS Thanksgiving message (text)

November 26, 2009

Pardons “Courage” (video)

POTUS Thanksgiving message and weekly address all in one.

WASHINGTON – In the midst of these challenging times for our nation, President Barack Obama used his weekly address to express gratitude to America’s military men and women and their families, and give thanks for our nation’s many blessings. He also discussed the steps his administration is taking to repair the damaged economy, so that next Thanksgiving, Americans across the country can give thanks for a brighter and stronger economy.

The audio and video will be available at 6:00am Thursday, November 26, 2009 at www.whitehouse.gov.

Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address
Thursday, November 26, 2009

For centuries, in peace and in war, in prosperity and in adversity, Americans have paused at this time of year to gather with loved ones and give thanks for life’s blessings. This week, we carry on this distinctly American tradition. All across our country, folks are coming together to spend time with family, to catch up with old friends, to cook and enjoy a big dinner – and maybe to watch a little football in between.

As always, we give thanks for the kindness of loved ones, for the joys of the previous year, and for the pride we feel in our communities and country. We keep in our thoughts and prayers the many families marking this Thanksgiving with an empty seat – saved for a son or daughter, or husband or wife, stationed in harm’s way. And we say a special thanks for the sacrifices those men and women in uniform are making for our safety and freedom, and for all those Americans who enrich the lives of our communities through acts of kindness, generosity and service.

But as much as we all have to be thankful for, we also know that this year millions of Americans are facing very difficult economic times. Many have lost jobs in this recession – the worst in generations. Many more are struggling to afford health care premiums and house payments, let alone to save for an education or retirement. Too many are wondering if the dream of a middle class life – that American Dream – is slipping away. It’s the worry I hear from folks across the country; good, hard-working people doing the best they can for their families – but fearing that their best just isn’t good enough. These are not strangers. They are our family, our friends, and our neighbors. Their struggles must be our concern.

That’s why we passed the Recovery Act that cut taxes for 95 percent of working people and for small businesses – and that extended unemployment benefits and health coverage for millions of Americans who lost their jobs in this turmoil. That’s why we are reforming the health care system so that middle-class families have affordable insurance that cannot be denied because of a pre-existing condition or taken away because you happen to get sick. We’ve worked to stem the tide of foreclosures and to stop the decline in home values. We’re making it easier to save for retirement and more affordable to send a son or daughter to college.

The investments we have made and tough steps we have taken have helped break the back of the recession, and now our economy is finally growing again. But as I said when I took office, job recovery from this crisis would not come easily or quickly. Though the job losses we were experiencing earlier this year have slowed dramatically, we’re still not creating enough new jobs each month to make up for the ones we’re losing. And no matter what the economists say, for families and communities across the country, this recession will not end until we completely turn that tide.

So we’ve made progress. But we cannot rest – and my administration will not rest – until we have revived this economy and rebuilt it stronger than before; until we are creating jobs and opportunities for middle class families; until we have moved beyond the cycles of boom and bust – of reckless risk and speculation – that led us to so much crisis and pain these past few years.

Next week, I’ll be meeting with owners of large and small businesses, labor leaders, and non-for-profits from across the country, to talk about the additional steps we can take to help spur job creation. I will work with the Congress to enact them quickly. And it is my fervent hope – and my heartfelt expectation – that next Thanksgiving we will be able to celebrate the fact that many of those who have lost their jobs are back at work, and that as a nation we will have come through these difficult storms stronger and wiser and grateful to have reached a brighter day.

Thank you, God bless you, and from my family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving.

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SNL: China wants their money back + a little something from barry

November 22, 2009

Live from New York it’s…Nasim Pedrad, Will Forte and Fred Armisen in “Obama and Hu Jintao”.

Press conference with barry and the Chinese president – with translator. China wants their money back and…a personal favor of sorts…

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Selected quotes – hand transcribed.

BO: Unfair valuation of Chinese currency, trade imbalance, human rights.

HU: I completely understand why you feel entitled to come and lecture China on its shortcomings.

HU: How many jobs have you created?

BO: So far…none.

HU: How exactly is extending healthcare coverage to 30 million people going to save you money?

BO: Uh…I don’t know.

HU: Each of your plans to save money involves spending even more money.

HU: Will you kiss me?

HU: I like to be kissed when somebody’s doing sex to me!

HU: I suppose if I wanted to get my money I could call and say I was a Wall Street banker who needs his bonus. But really, why should I have to stoop to that level.

HU: Are you going to at least treat me to dinner and a movie?

BO: I’m sorry?

HU: I think it’s the polite thing to do before doing sex to me!

BO: We are taking steps to make sure that what happened will never happen again.

HU: What steps?

BO: Reform of banking regulations.

HU: Do I look like Mrs Obama?

BO: What?

HU: Do I look like Mrs Obama?

BO: Of course not.

HU: Then why are you trying to do sex to me like I was Mrs Obama!!!

BO: Now, now…

HU: Just do it — get it over!

BO: Mr President.

HU: Don’t be a tease.

BO: I just-

HU: I can take it!

BO: This is not the time or the place.

HU: Very well.

Tags: amnesty international, fred armisen, hilarious, Hu Jintao, Nasim Pedrad, political humor, saturday night live, SNL OBAMA SKETCH, Will Forte

Rep Scott Garrett confronted re: barry’s birth certificate (video)

November 23, 2009

Updated birth certificate posts/videos/lawsuits

Unknown NJ lawyer questions Rep Scott Garrett (R-NJ) about the birth certificate issue. The lawyer took up so much time asking the question he let Garrett off the hook. A woman off camera says it’s time to move on to healthcare. Garrett said the courts were deciding the matter and when pushed he said:

There is no political solution to it even if the entire Republican Party was to–

And then he got cut off. He doesn’t seem to realize all it takes is one.

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The video was produced by njcommonsense (tea party). On the site there’s a post by LON HOSFORD with this odd paragraph:

Does Obama Birth Documentation Measure Up?

There is Obama birth documentation indicating he was born in more than one place. This is not unexpected today due to the lack of confidence US citizenship proof in general. We come to accept that a person could have inconclusive or contradictory proof and get away with it. The birth certificate documentation you do see on the Internet will never measure up to what millions of Americans say they need for proof. This is a key item that helps make this issue persist. Americans detest unequal treatment. The intensity varies depending on what we see as unequal. It is strongest when it is about something integral to being an American such as citizenship.

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Dignified Transfers

November 22, 2009

I don’t know why barry went on that particular day or what his true personal mission was but in the end it doesn’t matter.

It was wrong.

Those courageous souls gave everything they had in life. The government should not have control over them in death.

Their families wishes should be followed. Every family’s wishes, without any deviance.

I hope that was true in this case.

My father and all five uncles served in WWII. I don’t know what they would have wanted for themselves or their buddies. They didn’t talk about their service because they were the “lucky ones who made it home”.

I watched a single transfer. I felt I should bear witness out of respect for the fallen.

I was wrong.

It was an intrusion into a sacred ceremony. A final rite that should be performed with a uniform silent dignity – each of the fallen given full attention by their fellow soldier.

It is something that should be experienced only by those who have a direct bond, whether by family or by service.

One goes because one belongs there – not to be seen to have been there.

And that was the only reason for the press.

The cameras were not there to document the soldier’s courage in the face of death – they shouldn’t be allowed to politicize the soldier’s sacrifice after death.

The Fort Hood Memorial Service was different. It was televised and open to the public. It happened in the midst of a community and not on the battlefield and not only soldiers were shot. And it was something the Commander-in-Chief was expected to speak at to the nation and to the world.

Thank you to every servicemember – past, present, citizen or not – for volunteering to risk your lives for our Freedoms.

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Did barry admit he has no documentation to prove who his father was?

November 18, 2009

Updated birth certificate posts/videos/lawsuits

I ran across a few interesting lines in barry’s book “Dreams” when I was looking for his account of meeting his half-brother Mark, who he met up with in Beijing.

barry admits to going home to Hawaii the summer before he left for good, he mentions having a passport and of course his birth certificate and his reluctance to discover the particulars of his parent’s marriage.

He also talks about the Old Man’s (barry sr’s) inheritance and quotes his half-sister Auma saying: “ So of all the Old Man’s kids, Mark’s claim is the only one that’s uncontested” because his mother, Ruth “has all the necessary documents to prove who his father was“.

barry was eligible for the Old Man’s inheritance. So according to this, his mother did not have the necessary documents to prove barry sr was barry’s father.

So what name is on barry’s “vital records”?

barry sr wives:
1-Kezia – Auma
2-Ann – barry
3-Ruth – Mark

Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
© Barack Obama 1995, 2004
Crown Publishing (Random House)

Excerpts from Google books.

barry’s fear of finding out the particulars of his parent’s marriage – along with the mention of his typical white person grandfather’s racism. barry has all these thoughts and yet he never once asks what they are truly thinking. Why? Because he would find that their true thoughts didn’t match his racial angst?

In fact how the marriage occurred remains a bit murky, a bill of particulars that I’ve never quite had the courage to explore.

Courage = truth.

His admission that he had a copy of his birth certificate.

(page 41)

Curious isn’t it? His father’s imperious manner and the editor may have been the reason why barry sr neglected to mention he had a wife and child in Hawaii. He also neglected to inquire about barry jr when Neil Abercrombie met up with sr in Africa: “To Abercrombie’s surprise, Obama never asked about his ex-wife or his son.”

So was he really barry’s father?

Funny how barry never mentioned barry sr’s [byline: Barak H. Obama] 8 page essay on Problems Facing Our Socialism.

And here, on return from Indonesia, barry says he’s an American and had a passport. He also writes that he returned from Indonesia the summer before he returned for good. Two more trips stamped on a passport somewhere.

And a curious remark by barry’s mother at his wedding that leaves one wondering what the other half was.

(page 440)

Upon meeting Ruth in Kenya, barry was asked about his last name:

Why didn’t he answer the question?

And what would he have answered?

This next excerpt is about the inheritance. It follows barry’s meeting with his half-brother Mark in Kenya. He was speaking with Auma and the quote is hers.

(page 345)

So of all the Old Man’s kids, Mark’s claim is the only one that’s uncontested.

Wouldn’t barry be one of those children who had a possible claim?

The answer is yes.

The one with everything?

Lawyers in Kenya know who barry sr’s children are…is barry one of them in the eyes of Kenyan law? Was he a Kenyan citizen at that time?

And what does Mark know about barry’s parentage?

He has already written his autobiography and reportedly shopping it around for a publisher. One wonders if he had to amend a few things about barry.

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New style birth certificate billboard

November 20, 2009

Updated

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barry, refried beans and Sotomayor billboard

There’s a new billboard that has a little more info than WND’s “WHERE’S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?”

This one features a grinning cartoon likeness of barry in a turban with “PRESIDENT or JIHAD?” written above it, a yellow box with red letters “BIRTH CERTIFICATE, PROVE IT!” and below that: “WAKE UP AMERICA! REMEMBER FT HOOD”.

MSNBC

It was commissioned by Phil Wolf, owner of Wolf Interstate Leasing and Sales, approximately 7 miles outside Denver. It was put together by artist David Lee, who said he heard plenty of honks while he was putting it up – it’s positioned so that it is visible Interstate 70, including Mr Wolf’s name and phone number.

The turban, of course, makes it racist, MoveOn is calling for a boycott of the dealership and by Monday Mr Wolf will have been arrested for refusing to remove it or villified by the barrymedia or attacked by the community or fined or whatever.

Unless barry gets a rebound in the polls because of it. Then they’ll keep it up. Olbermann started in last night, lumping Glenn Beck in with the birthers, when Beck came out a long time ago and said barry released his BIRTH CERTIFICATE and birthers are crazy and it would destroy the country if it were true.

According to AP/MSNBC, birthers are fringers, who claim barry was not in born the US and think the “BIRTH CERTIFICATE is a fake“.

What barry is pawning off as a “birth certificate” is a digital image that has been altered at least three times. And no high-tech forensic investigation is needed to prove it.

The key to barry is what’s not there…what’s not said…what’s missing.

In this case, there is no uninterrupted image of the back side of the CERTIFICATION of Live Birth. The seal (which also not pictured in its entirety) and the registrar’s signature have to seen in situ to confirm it is a certified copy. Until then, it is not an official anything and is a forgery until proven otherwise.

One could argue that it’s reasonable for him to refuse to release his original vital records – but it is not at all reasonable for him to refuse to provide images of that COLB from every possible angle and hard copies of it to any and all media outlets.

And if was derived from an official Hawaii certified copy of CERTIFICATION of Live Birth, there would never have been any lawsuits or birthers. Birthers exist because of barry. He can make them go away. Instead he’s paying his personal lawyer over $1.5 M to defend him in court 10 months after his botched oath.

June 2008, barry posted that digital image and people — who routinely ridicule and attack the “birther movement” – still have no idea what they’re talking about.

At this point, one wonders if they’re lazy, brainwashed or afraid of losing their job.

And this is what enrages birthers:

Obama’s Hawaii birth certificate along with birth notices from the two Honolulu newspapers were brought forward even before he took office. State officials in Hawaii have repeatedly confirmed that Obama was born in Honolulu.

1-No BIRTH CERTIFICATE has ever been produced.

2-The digital image on his website has not been connected in any way to what Dr Fukino saw.

3-Dr Fukino said only once – in her second statement – that barry was born in Hawaii. And then she promptly proved herself unreliable when she deemed him a natural born citizen.

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Arianna Huffington: “Jon Klein fired Lou Dobbs from CNN”

November 21, 2009

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Who knows the truth.

I watched Lou Dobbs on Bill O’Reilly and there was no inkling he was fired. Doesn’t mean he wasn’t. But it seems a tad odd that a man who was fired walked away with a reported $8M. More curious is who provided the cash.

According to the NY Post, Dobbs left because of the birth certificate issue. Dobbs said the only thing that changed was the president.

Next on their list: Glenn Beck.

Arianna Huffington fearmongers with Olbermann about “fearmonger-in-chief” Glenn Beck. The whole conversation was rehearsed propaganda to get barry’s poll numbers back up and distract folks away from the healthcare bill. It’s getting so old. Especially the racism.

EIGHT MILLION eligible black voters didn’t even register to vote.

Are they racists?

Ms Huffington uses a decided them vs us “we” as if she has a team behind her. I guess that would be the Huffington Post. Wonder how Axelrod’s son is doing out in Colorado. No practical experience experience and he was “hired” as editor right out of college.

The full transcript is in the next post along with the video. Wanted to put this quote in a separate post.

Olbermann wonders if Beck would just disappear.

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON (4:40)

Well, I hope it‘s going to happen,

but it’s not going to happen without people pointing out what Glenn Beck is doing.

I mean, we saw how it worked with Lou Dobbs and John Klein.

You know, John Klein in the end fired Lou Dobbs from CNN.

Pressure makes a difference.

So, we all have a part to play here in pointing out what Glenn Beck is doing.

Yes comrade.

The way she spoke so matter-of-factly I’m starting to believe they think they are going to get away with everything.

Tags: arianna huffington, barrymedia, censorship, COUNTDOWN, fear-mongering, Glenn Beck fearmonger-in-chief,

Burgess to Geithner: “I thought you should have never been hired”

November 20, 2009

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is not a very bright man. He doesn’t seem to understand he was in someone else’s house and they’re not going to tolerate his mouthing off. Must say he has grown a spine since his confirmation hearings.

Joint Economic Committee of Congress

Rep Peter DeFazio (D-OR) thinks Geithner should step down, citing his poor handling of the AIG bailout.

Rep MICHAEL C BURGESS (R-TX):

I don’t think that you should be fired. I thought you should have never been hired.

Rep KEVIN BRADY (R-TX)

Conservatives agree that as point person, you failed. Liberals are growing in that consensus as well. Poll after poll shows Americans have lost confidence in this president’s ability to handle the economy. For the sake of our jobs, will you step down from your post?

GEITHNER:

I think almost nothing you said represents a fair and accurate perception of where this economy is today. If any measure of confidence in the financial system, it is substantially stronger today than when the president took office. We would have had a stronger fiscal position if we hadn’t had eight years of paying for our commitments — not borrowing against them.

Why is it barry people always say ‘it’s not our fault’? Democrats have been in control since 2006 but it’s all Bush’s fault. After 10 months, yes it is their fault and the polls back that up.

Rep BRADY:

At some point you have to take responsibility for your decisions.

GEITHNER:

I take responsibility for anything I am part of doing. What I can’t take responsibility for is the legacy of crisis–

Rep BRADY:

This is your budget, this is your bailout, this is your stimulus, this is your–

GEITHNER:

I take full responsibility for those with great honor--

Why does Geithner pretend he had no idea what was going on until he became Treasury Secretary? He was part of the problem as president of the NY Federal Reserve Bank. And he knew all about the bonuses.

WH statement in defense of Geithner:

Secretary Geithner has helped steer the American economy back from the brink, and is now leading the effort on financial reform. His focus today – and ours – is economic recovery and addressing the challenges the American people face everyday.

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Barnett/Keyes: Opposition to Motion for Reconsideration

November 18, 2009

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barry’s defense lists the rules for reconsideration and then declares:

Plaintiff’s Motion for Reconsideration completely violates, procedurally and substantively, the above quoted Local Rule, and, accordingly, should be summarily denied.

Also: No conference of counsel or Notice of Motion to be filed.

Motion for reconsideration
Taitz’s Velamoor declaration

Thanks to Jack Ryan

View this document on Scribd

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Axelrod re: Afghanistan & terrorists being tried in NYC

November 16, 2009

Are you aware that David Axelrod sits in the discussions about Afghanistan?

David Axelrod the WH’s resident lobbyist discussed Gitmo closure, Afghanistan decison and KSM being tried in NYC on State of the Union with John King (Lou Dobbs new replacement). Axelrod sets up Holder as the one responsible – barry was informed of the decision and the reasoning behind it. Axelrod admitted Gitmo won’t be closed completely, but wouldn’t give a deadline. He said they are going to “substantially meet the deadline”. barry said it would be closed. He ran on that and people voted for him because of it. Once the deadline passes – barry’s lies will be 100% complete and he will have been proven to be a complete fraud.

TRANSCRIPT

KING: Let’s begin with the controversial decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 alleged conspirators in the federal courts in New York City, just a short walk from the site of the twin towers collapsing….This is Jim Webb, Democratic senator from Virginia who says, “they do not belong in our country, they do not belong in our courts, and they do not belong in our prisons.”

Why, David Axelrod, did the administration decide to take this step?

AXELROD:

Well, I think for the same reason that Mayor Bloomberg and others felt strongly that we should. We believe that these folks should be tried in New York City, as you say, near where their heinous acts were conducted, in full view in our court system, which we believe in.

Translation: barry wants to make an impression on the world – 9-11 family members be damned. Just like 9-11 anniversary – neither POTUS or FLOTUS went to NYC and they named Sept 11 day of service – like it needed naming. No reason why Michelle couldn’t have been there. And who are the “others”? And the heinous acts were an act of terrorism that resulted in the deaths of 2974 innocent people.

AXELROD: We’ve had, you know, since 2001, have had 195 terrorism cases in the courts, and we’ve been successful 91 percent of the time. We’re very confident about these cases, and we believe this is the appropriate thing to do.

And what if this trial ends in that 9%?

They’re relying on the jury to convict and totally ignoring the judge and whether the confession will be allowed. In civil court, torture obtained confessions are inadmissible. Period. It will come down to whether a terrorist, who has no rights under the Geneva Convention, and who carried out an unprovoked on American soil was read his rights.

AXELROD: This is a judgment the attorney general made in concert with the secretary of defense. As you know, there were five other cases that were sent to military commissions, but we feel strongly that justice will be done here.

And frankly it’s been a long time in coming. A lot of these cases have been delayed for many, many years. And now, the people who suffered so much in that attack will get the justice they deserve.

Did he ask them what they wanted?

A daily reminder? Having to look at the murderers face in the papers and in TV and all over the internet?

KING: We will have later in the program the former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who of course was the mayor when the horrible tragedy of 9/11 took place. And he is among those who say, to him, this reflects returning to a pre-9/11 mentality of treating terrorism as a crime, not an act of war. How would you answer that?

AXELROD: You know, it is odd, because when the 20th 9/11 bomber was tried in Virginia, in a civilian court, and convicted, Mayor Giuliani testified in that case and he heralded the outcome. So he may have changed his view, but we haven’t changed ours.

It may have had something to do with the muslim murderer in Texas.

KING: You mentioned this was the attorney general’s decision. How involved was the president of the United States?

AXELROD: Well, the president was informed of the attorney general’s decision and his reasoning for the decision. This was a decision for the attorney general to make, in concert with the secretary of defense.

Translation: Doesn’t go well, it’s Holder’s head.

KING: It is a reminder bringing these terrorists to New York City for trial, alleged terrorists, a reminder of the controversy about Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. We are just now two months and one week away from this promise from the president of the United States.

KING: If you talk, David Axelrod, to top officials at the Pentagon, top officials at the building you work at, in the White House, they say now it is a near impossibility that that deadline will be kept. When will Gitmo be closed?

AXELROD: We believe we are going to substantially meet the deadline. We may not hit it on the date, but we will close Guantanamo. And we are making good progress toward doing that.

“Substantially”?

Open – close are absolutes and barry said one year.

KING: Any idea? Two months, four months, six months more?

AXELROD: I‘m not going to put a deadline on it, John. But we are going to get it done. We are moving toward getting it done in all the different dimensions that are necessary to get it done. The president believes it is important to get it done and to end this chapter in our history. And we are going to get it done.

Too late you already have a deadline. And again, barry’s words mean nothing.

KING: Part of this chapter in our history is the 9/11 attacks, which, of course, were hatched in Afghanistan. And the president is closer to making this big decision he has to make about how many troops. When he makes that decision, will he lay out for the American people not only the rationale for the decision he has made, but an exit strategy for Afghanistan? If you travel the country as I do all the time, people keep saying, eight years later, how long is it going to take? How much is it going to cost? How many lives will be lost? Will the president give us an exit strategy?

AXELROD: Well, I think that is a concern. And it is obviously one of the factors the president is thinking through. We have been there for eight years; it is a long, long time. And we have to keep focused on what our purpose was in the first place. Our purpose was to disrupt and dismantle and destroy Al Qaeda. That remains our purpose.

But obviously we can not make an open-ended commitment. And we want to do this in a way that maximizes our efforts against Al Qaeda, but within the framework of bringing out troops home at some point. And the president has made that clear in all these discussions. There has to be a framework to this decision.

But we are getting close. It has been a good process.

And how many Americans have been killed? How many undeployed soldiers killed themselves so they wouldn’t have to go? He’s not going to make his decision until after the new year.

KING: As you know, conservatives have been critical of the president’s policy review, saying, why is it taking so long? The former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney gave a speech this weekend in which he said, not only why is it taking so long for the president to decide, but he also said, why is David Axelrod, his top political adviser, involved in these deliberations? Let’s listen.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MIT ROMNEY, (R-MA,) FMR. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I find it incomprehensible and inexcusable that this president invites David Axelrod into national security meetings. Polls and politics have no place at that table. He is the commander in chief. What has he been doing? Do you realize he carried out more than 30 campaign visits in this last season, for various Democrats? While he can’t make up his mind on Afghanistan, or have enough time to meet with generals, he is out there campaigning.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KING: Let’s take them in order. Why does David Axelrod deserve a seat at that table? And why is it taking so long?

AXELROD: Well, first of all, let’s be clear. David Axelrod does not have a seat at that table. I have observed these discussions because, as I am today, I have to help communicate the message of the administration. And so it is helpful for me to hear. I have not said a word in any of those meetings.

Now let’s take the second part. Governor Romney has to choose one argument or another. Either he has to say he is not paying attention or he has to say he is taking too long because he has been involved in a rigorous review.

The president has had hours and hours and hours of meetings with his military commanders, with his national security team, to run through every aspect of this, in order to get it right. And we’ve seen in the past what happens when we don’t do that; when we don’t do the necessary preparations. And he is determined to get Afghanistan right. It is something that Secretary Gates supports. It is something that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff supports. General McChrystal has been supportive of this process.

And, you know, I know that Governor Romney has never had responsibility for any decision akin to this, and so he just may not be familiar with all that it entails. But I think the American people are being well served by a process that is assiduous and in which every aspect of this is considered. Because, after all, lives of American servicemen are involved here. An enormous investment on the part of the American people. We ought to get it right.

He’s Philosopher in Chief not Commander in Chief. Gen McCrystal had to force barry’s hand. It’s clear what he wants.

And why is Axelrod cleared to “observe”?

Who else is in there?

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