Tammy Duckworth Suddenly Cares About Syria Refugees
by Joel B. Pollak 19 Nov 2015
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
14%, who is running for Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) 25%’s U.S.
Senate seat, is suddenly speaking out about Syrian refugees, after doing and
saying nothing for years.
She published an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune: “Reject fearmongers,
welcome Syrian refuges.”
She went on Wednesday’s Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC
to repeat those sentiments. Curiously, though, Duckworth never did
much for Syria
or
refugees before the Paris
attacks, or before GOP opposition arose to Obama’s refugee plan.
In 2013, Duckworth opposed President Barack Obama’s plan for limited strikes against Syria, saying: “”War is messy. War is never that simple.”
She said that while “Syria is undergoing a humanitarian
crisis,” and “the United States cannot stand by as innocent civilians are being
massacred,” she wanted “to make sure we don’t commit resources, the most
precious of which are our men and women in uniform, with no comprehensive plan
for our involvement.”
She said nothing about helping Syrian refugees.
In 2014, Duckworth also voted against funding for Syrian
rebels. She remained skeptical in 2015, saying in Congress that she had “some real
reservations about our mission to train and equip the Syrian opposition
forces.”
But she proposed no alternative for dealing with the Syrian
civil war, the rise of ISIS, or the refugee problem, other than saying that a
new Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) was needed before
we could commit any further military resources to the problems in the region.
A search of Duckworth’s website and the Congressional Record
suggests that she has said almost nothing about Syrian refugees since being elected
to Congress in 2012–long after the Syrian civil war began.
Suddenly, however, Duckworth has discovered that “acting indifferent to human suffering
ultimately threatens national security.”
She hasn’t discovered her humanitarian principles. Rather,
she’s discovered a new set of Democratic Party talking points, just in time for
the 2016 elections and the Senate primary.
Chicago
Tribune
David
D. Hiller was the publisher & president & CEO for the Chicago Tribune, a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, and is a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Note: R. Eden Martin is the
president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, and a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, 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), the Human Rights Watch,
Refugees International, and the International Rescue Committee.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society,
was a benefactor for the Human Rights
Watch, is a director emeritus at Refugees
International, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, and the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Lee
H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), a co-chair for the Independent
Task Force on Immigration and America's Future, President Obama names him
as a recipient of the Presidential Medal
of Freedom, and an advisory board member for the Annenberg-Dreier Commission at Sunnylands.
Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand to Receive
Presidential Medal of Freedom Awards (PAST RESEARCH)
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Gara
LaMarche was an associate director at the Human Rights Watch, the VP & director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations, and a
director at the White House Project.
Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked the Human
Rights Watch.
Bashar al-Assad
is supporting the Syrian Electronic Army
a hacker group, the president of Syria,
and permitted the rise in Syria for
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, and the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Daisy
Khan was a director at the White
House Project, is a developer for Park51,
and an executive director for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Park51
Park51 (originally named Cordoba House) was a planned 13-story Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan.
The majority of the center was set aside for the general public to promote interfaith
dialogue. Plans for the center included a Muslim
prayer space which, due to its location two blocks from the World Trade Center site,[6][7]
has controversially been referred to as the "Ground Zero mosque", though
numerous commentators disputed that characterization.[8][9] As of
August 2014, the owner proposes to build a three-story museum instead of the
original 13-story center.
American
Society for Muslim Advancement is the sponsor for the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow.
Madeleine K. Albright
is an advisory board member for the Annenberg-Dreier
Commission at Sunnylands, a professor at Georgetown University, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank), and an advisory board member at the Truman National Security Project.
Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding was a center
at Georgetown University.
Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies is a center at Cambridge University.
Harold E. Ford Jr.
was an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, is a political commentator at MSNBC, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think
tank).
Togo
D. West Jr. is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was the secretary for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Eric
K. Shinseki was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was the secretary for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
for the Barack Obama administration.
Tammy Duckworth
was the assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the Barack Obama administration, is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an advisory
board member at the Truman National
Security Project, and married to Bryan
Bowlsbey.
Madeleine K. Albright
was the president of the Center for
National Policy, is an advisory board member at the Truman National Security Project, an advisory board member for the Annenberg-Dreier Commission at Sunnylands,
a professor at Georgetown University,
an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee, and an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Bryan Bowlsbey is
married to Tammy Duckworth, and a
major for the Illinois National Guard.
Jennifer N.
Pritzker was a lieutenant colonel for the Illinois National Guard, and is part-owner in the Chicago Mill & Lumber Co.
Penny S. Pritzker
is part-owner in the Chicago Mill &
Lumber Co., 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, and Craig M. Robinson’s basketball coach for the children's team.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
David
D. Hiller is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, was a partner at Sidley
Austin LLP, and the publisher & president & CEO for the Chicago Tribune.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP, and is Craig M. Robinson’s sister.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, the candidate for the 2008 Barack
Obama presidential campaign, and a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Jeremiah A.
Wright Jr. was a member of the African
American Religious Leadership Committee, and is a senior pastor at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Oprah
Winfrey was a parishioner at the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr.
Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter
Newsmagazine, is the organizer for the Million
Man March, and the acting head for the Nation
of Islam.
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