Obama Picks Ex-P&G Head to Lead Veterans Affairs

Obama Picks Ex-P&G Head to Lead Veterans Affairs

Sunday, 29 Jun 2014 04:30 PM

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-choice-mcdonald-p-g/2014/06/29/id/579888

President Barack Obama has picked former Procter and Gamble executive Robert McDonald as his choice to be secretary of Veterans Affairs.

McDonald, 61, is a native of Gary, Ind., who grew up in Chicago. He was at the helm of Proctor and Gamble from July 2009 to July 2013.

If confirmed by the Senate, McDonald would replace Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson, who replaced Eric Shinseki as head of the agency.

Shinseki resigned May 30 after apologizing for the agency's problems.

Veterans Affairs

Sloan D. Gibson is the deputy secretary nominee for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the president & CEO for the United Service Organizations.

Note: Eric K. Shinseki was the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Togo D. West Jr. was the secretary for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.

Paul G. Kaminski was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and is a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.

James S. Crown is a director at the General Dynamics Corporation, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.

Roger W. Baker was a VP for the General Dynamics Corporation, and is the assistant secretary for information & technology at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration.

Robert A. McDonald is the secretary nominee at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration, and was the chairman & president & CEO for the Procter & Gamble Company.

Procter & Gamble

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble#Controversies

Price fixing

Toxic shock syndrome and tampons

Animal testing

Other products

Logo controversy

 

Angela F. Braly is a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Deborah Platt Majoras is the chief legal officer for the Procter & Gamble Company, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Joseph T. Gorman was a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and her sister is Denise M. Morrison.

Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

Barbara G. Fast was a VP for the CGI Group Inc., and a VP at the Boeing Company.

W. James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company, a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, the chairman for the President's Export Council, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Patricia A. Woertz is a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and a member of the President's Export Council.

Denise M. Morrison is a member of the President's Export Council, Mary Agnes Wilderotter’s sister, and the president & CEO for the. Campbell Soup Company.

Sara Mathew is a director at the Campbell Soup Company, and was a VP for the Procter & Gamble Company.

Johnathan A. Rodgers was a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and the president, CBS television stations for CBS.

Van Gordon Sauter was the president of CBS, and married to Kathleen Brown.

Kathleen Brown is married to Van Gordon Sauter, the California state government governor Jerry Brown’s sister, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Newton N. Minow was a director for CBS, is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and her brother is Craig M. Robinson’s.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, his maternal grandmother was Madelyn Payne Dunham, and his signature policy initiative is Obamacare.

Madelyn Payne Dunham was Barack Obama’s maternal grandmother, and an aircraft inspector for the Boeing Company.

W. James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company, a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Richard M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the Coca-Cola Company.

Lynn M. Martin is an international advisory board member for the Coca-Cola Company, and was a director at the Procter & Gamble Company.

Margaret C. Whitman is a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and was a director at DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.

Mellody L. Hobson is the chairman for DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Penny S. Pritzker is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, was 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, the host for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, Craig M. Robinson’s basketball coach for the children's team, and a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

W. James McNerney Jr. was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the Procter & Gamble Company.

Linda Johnson Rice is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a director at the United Negro College Fund.

Barack Obama contributed $125,000 of Nobel Prize money to the United Negro College Fund.

Alan G. Lafley was a director at the United Negro College Fund, a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, and is the chairman & president & CEO for the Procter & Gamble Company.

Kenneth I. Chenault was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, and is a director at the Procter & Gamble Company.

Robert A. McDonald was the chairman & president & CEO for the Procter & Gamble Company, a director at the U.S.-China Business Council, and is the secretary nominee at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration.

William M. Daley was a director at the U.S.-China Business Council, a director at the Boeing Company, a trustee at Northwestern University, the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
W. James McNerney Jr. is a director at the U.S.-China Business Council, the chairman & CEO for the Boeing Company, a trustee at Northwestern University, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and the chairman for the President's Export Council.

Marillyn A. Hewson is a member of the President's Export Council, and a governor for the United Service Organizations.

Sloan D. Gibson is the president & CEO for the United Service Organizations, and the deputy secretary nominee for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

 

IRS Chief Koskinen a Major Democratic Donor for 4 Decades

IRS Chief Koskinen a Major Democratic Donor for 4 Decades

Friday, 27 Jun 2014 12:00 PM

By Melanie Batley

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/koskinen-donor-democrat-candidates/2014/06/27/id/579682/?ns_mail_uid=16189840&ns_mail_job=1575163_06272014&promo_code=11rzysmd

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, appointed by President Barack Obama to steer the agency through the numerous investigations into the IRS targeting scandal, has donated close to $100,000 to Democrats and the party's organizations for more than four decades.

Koskinen donations include a total of $7,300 to the campaigns to elect Obama to the White House; $19,000 to the Democratic National Committee from 1988 to 2008; $3,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; and $2,000 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, according to official records of political contributions, with 1979 being the earliest date on record.

The 48th chief of the IRS has also donated to every Democratic candidate for president since 1980, and has given $3,800 to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her various political campaigns.

His most recent contribution was in February 2013 to Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, 10 months before his nomination on Dec. 23 was confirmed by the Senate after Democrats cut off a Republican-led filibuster.

In an interview with CNN Thursday, "Situation Room" host Wolf Blitzer noted that Koskinen is a Democrat and the concerns that have been raised that his party affiliation may preclude him from approaching the scandal objectively.

Koskinen responded, "I've never been a partisan operative or political operative," but confirmed that he has contributed to campaigns for "the last 40 or 50 years."

He added, "I was actually asked by the [George W.] Bush administration to come in and work on Freddie Mac," where he initially served as nonexecutive chairman, and later CEO, CFO, and chief operating officer.

Unlike the IRS, which is a government agency, Freddie Mac is a government-sponsored public company.

Koskinen also served under President Bill Clinton as chairman of the President's Council on Y2K.

Koskinen's earliest contribution on record was a $1,000 donation to Gary Hart, then a Democratic candidate for Senate in Colorado and future two-time presidential candidate.

Koskinen came under heavy fire last week at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing during which Wisconsin GOP Rep. Paul Ryan blasted him for the disappearance of former IRS official Lois Lerner's emails and the destruction of her hard drive just 10 days after committee chairman Dave Camp wrote to Lerner's boss asking for the information.

Ohio GOP Rep. Mike Turner also was critical of Koskinen, telling him that his personal integrity and that of the agency were on the line because he had not contacted the FBI to investigate the loss of the emails.

Democrats, however, rushed to his defense and apologized to Koskinen for the way he was treated by Republicans during his testimony.

Massachusetts Rep. John Tierney, a 17-year veteran of the House said, "I don't think I've seen a display of this kind of disrespect in all the time I've been here in Congress, and it's unfortunate that anyone should have to be subjected to it."

Other Democrats have also staunchly defended Koskinen, the Daily Caller reported. California Rep. Xavier Becerra told Koskinen, "This hearing has been conducted as less of a hearing then it might have been an inquisition. You deserve better. You certainly are obligated to give truthful answers, and we appreciate your trying to."

Wisconsin Rep. Ron Kind said Koskinen was a "public servant who by all accounts is a model of integrity, honesty, and professionalism," and accused the committee of being "desperate to find any type of evidence that may point to a cover-up that does not exist."

And Massachusetts Rep. Richard Neal said, "You have an individual here who has a distinguished career, who served in Republican and Democratic administrations, coupled with the fact he took an oath today — unless those here didn't hear him take the oath or witnessed him take the oath, and then have [Ryan] suggest [to] him 'I don't believe you.' That is isn't the way this committee has functioned in the past."

Koskinen admitted to Blitzer that the loss of the emails looked "suspicious" and that he considered it a "serious matter."

John Koskinen

John A. Koskinen is the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and a director at the AES Corporation.

Note: Charles O. Rossotti was the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), is the chairman for the AES Corporation, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Philip A. Odeen was the chairman for the AES Corporation, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member at the International Crisis Group, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Moises Naim is a senior associate, International Economics Program for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the AES Corporation, and is a board member at the International Crisis Group.

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Deborah L. Wince-Smith is a member of the Belizean Grove, and was a member of the IRS Oversight Board.

IRS Oversight Board is a citizen’s board for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Belizean_Grove is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.

Henry A. Kissinger is a member of the Bohemian Club, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.

Philip A. Odeen is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was the chairman for the AES Corporation.

Charles O. Rossotti is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the chairman for the AES Corporation, and was the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

John A. Koskinen is a director at the AES Corporation, and the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Robert E. Hannegan was the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the chairman for the Democratic National Committee, and a co-owner for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Ahmad Rashad was a player for the St. Louis Cardinals, is Barack Obama’s occasional golf partner, and is dating Valerie B. Jarrett.

Valerie B. Jarrett is dating Ahmad Rashad, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Rahm I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at Freddie Mac.

John A. Koskinen was the chairman for Freddie Mac, is a director at the AES Corporation, and the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

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MENSA Forte Forum was full of fascinating information and stimulating discussion. Thanks to Dr. Bill Hutchins for his presentation on "How to preserve American exceptionalism". Next month we explore "Edward Snowden. Hero, Traitor or Melodramatic Fool?" In August the "Brainers" will remake the U.S. Constitution in their own image when each participant is asked to "Write your own Amendment to the Constitution."

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Ukraine signs landmark agreement with E.U.

Ukraine signs landmark agreement with E.U.

By Michael Birnbaum June 27 at 6:48 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ukraine-signs-landmark-agreement-with-eu/2014/06/27/8e6ca59a-fdd2-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html

KIEV, Ukraine — Shrugging off Russian threats and a burgeoning civil war, Ukraine signed a landmark trade deal Friday binding it to the European Union, a monumental step that came in defiance of months of Kremlin efforts to prevent the country from turning westward.

The move prompted a top Russian diplomat to warn immediately of “serious consequences” for Ukraine. A cease-fire that has brought some measure of calm to the country’s roiling east was extended until Monday, and E.U. leaders hinted that they would slap more sanctions on Russia if it does not take steps to achieve peace by that deadline.

The document signed Friday was the same one that was rejected in November by Ukraine’s then-president, Viktor Yanukovych. That decision sparked months of protests by pro-Western Ukrainians, a crackdown by Yanukovych and his eventual ouster in February, generating the highest tensions between the West and Russia since the Cold War.

More than 100 protesters died in Kiev under the blue and yellow banner of the European Union when they took to the streets to demand that Yanukovych reconsider his last-minute decision — made under heavy Russian pressure — to reject the agreement. Hundreds more Ukrainians and dozens of Russians have died in violence in eastern Ukraine since April, when pro-Russian separatists seized government buildings and territory in an effort to align themselves with Russia rather than the European Union.

More than 160,000 Ukrainians have been displaced from their homes since the start of the conflict, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.

Friday is “maybe the most important day for my country after independence day” following the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said as he signed the deal in Brussels, using the pen he said Yanukovych would have used to sign it in November. “All of us would have wished to sign the agreement under different, more comfortable circumstances. On the other hand, the external aggression faced by Ukraine is another strong reason for this crucial step.”

Two other former Soviet republics, Georgia and Moldova, also signed the telephone-book-thick trade deals with the European Union on Friday, in the face of Russian threats of tough consequences if they did so. The agreements will require them to enact economic reforms, as well as to be more transparent in how they operate — measures that may reduce the corruption that has plagued all three societies since they gained independence.

Russia has said it views the expansion of E.U. ties to its border as Western encroachment on a region that has long been within the Kremlin’s sphere of influence, particularly Ukraine, which Russians see as the cradle of their civilization. Russia has sought to enlist those countries in the Eurasian Union, its competing vision of an alliance based on values dominated by Moscow and free of Western influence.

“The anti-constitutional coup in Kiev and attempts to artificially impose a choice between Europe and Russia on the Ukrainian people have pushed society toward a split and painful confrontation,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Moscow on Friday, calling for a swift return to peace.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said the deal would “no doubt . . . have serious consequences,” Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.

E.U. leaders — along with those of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova — have said that the deal does not constitute a challenge to Russia.

The agreements will open the vast 28-nation E.U. market, with its 504 million residents, to tariff-free exports from the three countries in exchange for gradual work toward bringing regulations up to European standards. Leaders hope to follow the model of Poland and the Baltic nations, former Eastern bloc states that are now E.U. members and whose economies have grown significantly in the 23 years since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, by contrast, have struggled.

The European Union has said that Ukraine could boost its annual trade by $1.4 billion through the deal, although that would be offset by the tariffs Russia has threatened to impose.

The agreement makes no promises of eventual full E.U. membership, a step the three countries have said they want to take. E.U. leaders have been cautious about committing to that measure, which would mean opening their labor market to the countries’ citizens. With 46 million residents, Ukraine is more populous than all but five of the E.U. countries.

Early Saturday, Poroshenko extended a temporary cease-fire until Monday night after a Friday deadline passed without a peace deal.

E.U. leaders decided against new sanctions against Russia, but they gave Moscow until Monday to push rebels toward peace, suggesting they may impose sanctions if it fails to do so. They called for Russia to help implement Poroshenko’s peace plan, ensure that separatists hand back captured Ukrainian border checkpoints and release a final team of captured observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Friday that the Obama administration supports the E.U. demands. He would not say what would happen if those actions weren’t taken by Monday but said the likelihood of sanctions would increase.

“We have signaled a clear willingness to act with partners and allies to further isolate Russia,” he said. “Additional unhelpful action will lead to additional economic costs.”

Russia annexed Ukraine’s autonomous Crimea region in March after pro-Russian separatists there staged an independence referendum, and Kiev has accused Moscow of aiding the separatists in eastern Ukraine.

The E.U. agreements are “milestones in the history of our relations and of Europe as a whole,” European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said at Friday’s ceremony. “In Kiev and elsewhere, people gave their lives for this closer link to the European Union. We will not forget them.”                                                                                                              

Russia has leaned hard on its neighbors not to sign the deals, called “association agreements.” It banned imports of Moldovan wine last year, cut off the flow of natural gas to Ukraine last week and said it would raise tariffs on imports from all three countries in response to the deals.

Those steps are likely to impose major economic hardships on the countries, which remain closely tied to Russia as an export market. Armenia, another former Soviet republic that was due to sign the agreement, reversed course in September after intense Russian lobbying.

Moldova and Georgia, like Ukraine, face pro-Russian separatist movements on their soil, and officials in all three countries have expressed fears that Russia will stoke tensions even further following the E.U. deal. Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008 in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, and Russian soldiers are stationed as peacekeepers in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria.

“This is a civilizational choice,” said Oleksiy Haran, a professor of comparative politics at the National University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, referring to Friday’s agreement. “Especially now, when you have Russian aggression against its strategic partner.”

Karen DeYoung in Washington contributed to this report.

Ukraine

Viktor F. Yanukovich was the president of the Ukraine, and is a Davis Manafort client.

Note: Richard H. Davis is a managing director at the Davis Manafort, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Human Rights Watch.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Human Rights Watch.

Stuart E. Eizenstat was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, the U.S. ambassador for the European Union, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

C. Boyden Gray is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was a U.S. ambassador for the European Union.

Javier Solana was the high representative for common foreign & security policy for the European Union, is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at the Human Rights Watch, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Mark Eyskens is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and was the prime minister of Belgium.

Herman van Rompuy was the prime minister of Belgium, and is the president of the European Union.

Siemens

Siemens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_AG

Controversies

Nazi Germany

Siemens was complicit in the use of forced labour from Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

Siemens

Camille Y. Johnston is the VP for Siemens AG, and was the communications director for Michelle Obama in the Barack Obama administration.

Note: Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Siemens AG.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), 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).

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, and is a board member at the International Crisis Group.

Guler Sabanci was a board member at the International Crisis Group, and is a supervisory board member for Siemens AG.

Klaus Kleinfeld was the president & CEO for Siemens AG, is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at Bayer AG, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Bayer AG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer_AG

The Bayer company then became part of IG Farben, a German chemical company conglomerate. During World War II, the IG Farben used slave labor in factories attached to large slave labor camps, notably the sub-camps of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.[3] IG Farben owned 42.5% of the company that manufactured Zyklon B,[4] a chemical used in the gas chambers of Auschwitz and other extermination camps. After World War II, the Allies broke up IG Farben and Bayer reappeared as an individual business. The Bayer executive Fritz ter Meer, sentenced to seven years in prison during the IG Farben Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, was made head of the supervisory board of Bayer in 1956, after his release.

Bayer Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Bayer AG.

Mayer Brown was the lobby firm for the Bayer Corporation.

Robert A. Helman is a partner at Mayer Brown, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

William M. Daley 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Daley

Professional career 

Daley returned to the practice of law, as a partner with the firm Mayer Brown (then Mayer, Brown & Platt) from 1993 to 1997.

William M. Daley was a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Bayer HealthCare.

Bayer HealthCare is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.

Klaus Kleinfeld is a director at Bayer AG, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was the president & CEO for Siemens AG, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Camille Y. Johnston is the VP for Siemens AG, and was the communications director for Michelle Obama in the Barack Obama administration.

Michelle Obama’s communications director was Camille Y. Johnston, and a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Siemens AG, and the Siemens Corporation.

Siemens Corporation is the contractor for the Iraq reconstruction.

Eric A. Spiegel is the president & CEO for the Siemens Corporation, a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and was a senior partner at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Klaus Kleinfeld is a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a director at Bayer AG, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was the president & CEO for Siemens AG, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Camille Y. Johnston is the VP for Siemens AG, and was the communications director for Michelle Obama in the Barack Obama administration.

Michelle Obama’s communications director was Camille Y. Johnston, and a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Robert S. Osborne is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Booz Allen Hamilton is a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).

Edward Snowden was an employee at Booz Allen Hamilton, and leaked information about the National Security Agency (NSA).

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. was a managing director at Booz Allen Hamilton, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Klaus Kleinfeld is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a director at Bayer AG, was the president & CEO for Siemens AG, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Camille Y. Johnston is the VP for Siemens AG, and was the communications director for Michelle Obama in the Barack Obama administration.

Michelle Obama’s communications director was Camille Y. Johnston, and a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.