Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Emails Reveal Obama Admin Shut Down WW II Memorial Knowing Vets Were Coming



Emails Reveal Obama Admin Shut Down WW II Memorial Knowing Vets Were Coming

by Robert Wilde 11 Mar 2014, 11:59 AM PDT
Newly released public records show that the Department of the Interior knew in advance that two groups of aging veterans would be visiting the World War II Memorial on October 1, 2013, but they decided to barricade the premises anyway.

According to emails obtained by National Review Online, the U.S. National Park Service employees were also constantly monitoring the news for any negative media attention. Moreover, the emails show that government shutdown exceptions were granted to National Park Service employees.

The Obama administration tried to make political hay out of the government shutdown by closing the National Mall and denying access to monuments, but the decision backfired when the veterans defied the signs and fences and entered the WWII Memorial. The vets were taking part in the Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight, established in 2011 to help fly the state's WWII veterans to Washington, D.C. and to provide tours to monuments dedicated in their honor.

Obama told the American people that it was necessary to shut down the Mall and blamed Republicans for creating the hardships. However, the emails reveal that the Department of the Interior and National Park Service did not have to shut down the monuments but did so to make a point.

On September 30, Tom Buttry, a legislative correspondent in Senator Tom Harkin’s (D-Iowa) office, stated that it would actually be easier and less costly to keep the mall open than to shut it down:

While I understand that these memorials have remained accessible to the public during past shutdowns (I’d imagine with the mall being so open, it'd probably [be] more manpower intensive to try to completely close them), I wanted to do my due diligence and make 100 percent sure that people could visit the outdoor memorials on the National Mall in the event of a shutdown.

Department of the Interior
National Park Service is a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Note: Sally Jewell is the secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior, and a trustee at the National Parks Conservation Association.
Dirk A. Kempthorne is a trustee at the National Parks Conservation Association, was the secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the chairman for the National Park Foundation.
Bryan Traubert is a director at the National Park Foundation, and married to Penny S. Pritzker.
Ken Salazar is the chairman for the National Park Foundation, a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, and was the secretary at the U.S. Department of the Interior for the Barack Obama administration.
Thomas L. Strickland was the assistant secretary for fish and wildlife and parks at the U.S. Department of the Interior for the Barack Obama administration, and is a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Cameron F. Kerry was an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, is the U.S. Department of State secretary John F. Kerry’s brother, and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
John F. Kerry is Cameron F. Kerry’s brother, the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, and married to Teresa Heinz Kerry.
Teresa Heinz Kerry is married to the U.S. Department of State secretary John F. Kerry, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Michael Rossetti is a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and was the counsel to the secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Guy R. Martin was the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of the Interior, and is a partner at Perkins Coie.
Robert F. Bauer is a partner at Perkins Coie, was the White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration, and Barack Obama’s personal counsel.
Barack Obama’s personal counsel was Robert F. Bauer, and was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and is Craig M. Robinson’s sister.
Craig M. Robinson is Michelle Obama’s brother, and his basketball coach to children's team was Penny S. Pritzker.
Noteworthy quote:
Without Penny Pritzker, it is unlikely that Barack Obama ever would have been elected to the United States Senate or the presidency.
- New York Times, July 15, 2012
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Penny S. Pritzker is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, married to Bryan Traubert, was Craig M. Robinson’s basketball coach to children's team, the national finance chair, fundraiser for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a co-chair for the 2009 Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama inaugural committee, and the host for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner.
Bryan Traubert is married to Penny S. Pritzker, and a director at the National Park Foundation.
Jonathan B. Jarvis is a director at the National Park Foundation, and a director at the National Park Service.
‘War’: Vets planning ‘Million Vet March on the Memorials’ against Obama (Past Research for Penny S. Pritzker, Bryan Traubert, and the National Park Service)
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