Hillary Emails: Lovefest with Soros-Backed Left Wing Think Tank

Hillary Emails: Lovefest with Soros-Backed Left Wing Think Tank

by Aaron Klein 4 Mar 2016

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/03/04/hillary-emails-clinton-lovefest-with-soros-backed-left-wing-think-tank/

TEL AVIV – The last batch of Hillary Clinton’s private emails, released on Monday and reviewed in full by this reporter, evidences a close personal and professional relationship with the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress, or CAP.

The organization was so influential in the formation of the Obama administration in 2008 that it prompted Time Magazine to dub the CAP “Obama’s Idea Factory in Washington.” The CAP went on to produce extensive recommendation papers that formed the basis of many of President Obama’s policies from healthcare to gun control to military spending.

If the latest email releases serve as any clue, the CAP’s singular influence is set to continue and perhaps even expand during any future Hillary Clinton administration.

The deep Clinton ties to CAP are not surprising. The group was co-founded by John Podesta, who served as Bill Clinton’s chief of staff and was co-director of Obama’s White House transition team in 2009. Podesta is currently chairman of Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

The current CAP President is Neera Tanden, who exchanged numerous emails with Clinton on a host of policy issues, the latest batch of email correspondence shows.

Tanden served as Clinton’s domestic policy aide when she became the first First Lady to have her own office in the White House. She also was an issues advisor to Clinton’s 2000 Senate bid.

In an Oct 19, 2009 email, Tanden calls Clinton a “mentor” and says she decided to start working for the CAP in part because of Clinton. “I decided to go to CAP,” Tanden wrote. “I really thought about what you said – about focusing on what I want to do every day.”

Clinton replied by asking for Tanden’s policy advice on healthcare and her predictions on the prospects of passing some kind of healthcare overhaul.

In another email, dated May 25, 2009, Clinton asked Tanden who would be the best White House official with whom to speak about affecting healthcare policy, meaning Tanden had deeper knowledge of President Obama’s healthcare initiatives than did the sitting secretary of state.

Indeed, Tanden briefed Clinton at least once on the behind-the-scenes moves related to the evolution of Obama’s healthcare bill. “On health care: we’re kind of optimistic that Baucus will actually deliver, but hopefully, we’ll know in the next 48 hours (though I feel like I’ve written that several times before),” Tanden wrote in one September 15, 2009 email.

On February 27, 2012, Tanden invited Clinton to celebrate her becoming president of the CAP. “Since you are responsible for my first job at CAP, I wanted to invite you, and of course, I would be thrilled if you could make it,” Tanden wrote.

Clinton responded that she would be out of town but that she caught some of Tanden’s interview on C-SPAN the day before, and “relished seeing you talking about CAP.”

Tanden may have been responsible for Clinton’s propensity to dispense five-point plans on policy issues.

Earlier this week, The New York Times reported Democratic groups supporting Clinton are preparing a several-point plan to defeat Donald Trump’s presidential ambitions.

The Daily Mail cited a “five-point plan” that reportedly includes portraying Trump “as a loose cannon who could not lead the country.”

In a September 14, 2009 email, titled “Media Attention,” Tanden complains that many political reporters “have very little understanding of international relations and foreign policy.”  To rectify the supposed problem and ensure positive coverage, Tanden recommends that Clinton “overwhelm people with solutions: 5 point plans; 10 point plans.”

Tanden writes:

You are the object of continuing media interest — not just by reporters who have an expertise in foreign affairs, but also general political reporters who, unfortunately, have very little understanding of international relations and foreign policy. At the same time, it strikes me that foreign policy is a particularly difficult area to generate substantive news. So much of foreign policy comes across as positioning rather than concrete proposals….

…While foreign policy reporters may understand the nuances of positioning (e.g, our position on talks with Iran, our position on six-party talks, etc), such nuances are probably lost on most political reporters who are not paying close, daily attention to these matters

Another problem is that while foreign policy reporters may grasp the true meaning of thematic speeches, political reporters may often miss their import and meaning.

Tanden recommends “solutions communicated in a way so that all reporters, even the laziest, would understand them.”

She continues:

Therefore, in order to reach those political reporters and others, an approach to this problem could be to overwhelm people with solutions: 5 point plans; 10 point plans (You came up with “point plan” approach on our campaign, and I didn’t at first understand its merit, but soon saw it — it shorthanded the solutions so that even when reporters couldn’t go through all the details, they would at least write that you had a 5 point plan to solve the problem.)

Tanden helpfully provided a list of numerous five-point plans in “areas in which there could be domestic interest in your ideas:”

-5 point plan to combat international pandemics

-5 point plan to combat sex trafficking

-5 point plan to stop the spread of terrorism to newer locations like Africa and Asia through the work of smart power (this may be repackaging a series of ideas you have already discussed)

-5 point plan to improve girls’ education as a way to defeat terrorism

-5 point plan to strengthen non-governmental efforts to combat global warming (there was a great story on NPR about human-powered batteries to run cell phones and lights in the developing world)

During her tenure as secretary of state and beyond, Clinton would go on to enumerate numerous 5-point plans.

Just last month, Clinton outlined a five-point plan to combat the Islamic State.

Speaking at the Brookings Institute last September, Clinton presented a five-point plan regarding U.S. strategy toward Iran. The plan maintains the current nuclear deal while increasing sanctions targeting the Tehran regime.

The CAP, meanwhile, is financed in significant part by Soros. When it was first founded in 2003, Soros pledged up to $3 million for the group. The billionaire has since provided numerous annual grants to CAP, including a $400,000 grant in 2013 for the CAP’s campus activism wing, a $350,000 grant in 2012 to their legal action arm, and numerous other grants.

CAP has also received near-annual grants from the Soros-funded Tides Foundation.

Tides Foundation

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Tides Foundation, the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Center for American Progress, the American Constitution Society, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Note: George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), a friend of Michael Douglas, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Tides Foundation, the Center for American Progress, the Harlem Children's Zone, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Center for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun safety, Gun Control” for guns.

Neera Tanden is the president of the Center for American Progress, was Hillary Rodham Clinton’s legislative director, and William J. Clinton’s policy adviser.

John D. Podesta is the founder the Center for American Progress, was William J. Clinton’s chief of staff, a counselor for the Barack Obama administration, a temporary CEO for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.

Madeleine K. Albright is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, a co-chairman for the Albright Stonebridge Group, and a director at the Center for American Progress.

Alan H. Fleischmann is a principal at the Albright Stonebridge Group, and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend was his chief of staff.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend was Alan H. Fleischmann’s chief of staff, and was a trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Carol M. Browner is a senior counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a senior fellow, director for the Center for American Progress, was the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration, and the EPA director for the William J. Clinton administration.

Melody C. Barnes is a senior adviser for the Albright Stonebridge Group, Barack Obama’s golf partner, was the EVP for the Center for American Progress, was the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, and a principal for the Raben Group.

Robert Raben is the president of the Raben Group, and a director at the American Constitution Society.

Mario M. Cuomo was a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society, and Maria Cuomo Cole’s father.

Maria Cuomo Cole is Mario M. Cuomo’s daughter, and a trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Raben Group is the lobby firm for Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Michael R. Bloomberg is a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, was a contributor for Americans for Responsible Solutions, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.

Warren E. Buffett is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), hosted fundraising dinner for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, the headliner for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, the headliner for the Barack Obama fund-raising roundtable, 7/2/2008, and a member of the Obama-Biden economic advisory team.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

http://www.illuminati-news.com/110106a.htm 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).       

William J. Perry is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, was a director at the Center for a New American Security (think tank), and the defense secretary for the William J. Clinton administration.

Madeleine K. Albright is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, a co-chairman for the Albright Stonebridge Group, a director at the Center for American Progress, and was a director at the Center for a New American Security (think tank).

Laura D'Andrea Tyson is a fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was a member of the Obama-Biden economic advisory team.

Lawrence H. Summers is a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, was the treasury secretary for the William J. Clinton administration, the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama administration, a member of the Obama-Biden economic advisory team, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Warren E. Buffett was a member of the Obama-Biden economic advisory team, hosted fundraising dinner for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, the headliner for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, the headliner for the Barack Obama fund-raising roundtable, 7/2/2008, is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).       

Open Society Foundations was the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Center for American Progress, the American Constitution Society, and a funder for the Tides Foundation.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), a friend of Michael Douglas, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Center for American Progress, the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Tides Foundation.

Tides Foundation was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security (think tank).

Madeleine K. Albright was a director at the Center for a New American Security (think tank), is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, a co-chairman for the Albright Stonebridge Group, a director at the Center for American Progress.

Center for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun safety, Gun Control” for guns.

Neera Tanden is the president of the Center for American Progress, was Hillary Rodham Clinton’s legislative director, and William J. Clinton’s policy adviser.

Richard R. Verma was an advisory board member for the Center for a New American Security (think tank), a counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a fellow at the Center for American Progress, a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, an assistant secretary of state for the Barack Obama administration, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s principal adviser, and a member of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism.

Wendy R. Sherman was a member of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, a managing board member for the Albright Stonebridge Group, and a member of the Albright Group LLC.

Madeleine K. Albright is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, a co-chairman for the Albright Stonebridge Group, a director at the Center for American Progress, was the founder of Albright Group LLC, and a director at the Center for a New American Security (think tank).

Center for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun safety, Gun Control” for guns.

Albright Group LLC was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security (think tank).

Bloomberg LP was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security (think tank).

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP, a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, was a contributor for Americans for Responsible Solutions, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.

Raben Group is the lobby firm for Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

Melody C. Barnes is was a principal for the Raben Group, the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, the EVP for the Center for American Progress, is a senior adviser for the Albright Stonebridge Group, and Barack Obama’s golf partner.

Center for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun safety, Gun Control” for guns.