Commander-In-Chief
Obama Silent On West Point Cadets ‘Black Power’ Controversy
by Charlie Spiering10 May 2016
President Barack Obama is
remaining silent on the photograph of female
African-American cadet graduates at West Point
raising their fists in triumph while wearing their uniforms.
West Point officials are investigating the incident that
has drawn attention because of rules forbidding any kind of political statement
by cadets in uniform. Critics have described it as a “black power” salute,
while others are defending the action as a symbol of triumph.
“We can confirm that the cadets in this photo are members
of the U.S.
Military Academy’s Class of 2016,” said West Point’s director of
public affairs Lt. Col. Christopher Kasker in a statement to the Army Times. “Academy officials are
conducting an inquiry into the matter.”
But as commander-in-chief, Obama has kept his reaction to
the photo private. During the White House press briefing on Monday, reporters
questioned press secretary Josh Earnest about the photo.
Earnest repeatedly asserted that he had not discussed the
photo with Obama.
“At this point, I wouldn’t weigh in with a view on behalf
of the Commander-in-Chief just because I haven’t talked to him about it,” he
said.
West Point
Barry R. McCaffrey
was a professor at the U.S. Military
Academy (West Point), and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Note: Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the Center for American Progress, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Aspen Institute (think tank), the Center for American Progress, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Andrew
Goodpaster was a chairman for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a superintendent for the U.S. Military Academy (West Point).
Daniel W.
Christman was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a superintendent for the U.S. Military Academy (West Point).
George A. Joulwan
is a director at the Atlantic Council of
the United States (think tank), was a professor at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.
James S.
Crown is a director at the General
Dynamics Corporation, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and the vice chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Lester Crown
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a director at the General Dynamics Corporation, and a
lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Frederic V. Malek
is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a board of
visitor’s member for the U.S. Military
Academy (West Point).
Madeleine K.
Albright is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a
director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a
director at the Center for American
Progress, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.
John D. Podesta
is the founder of for the Center for
American Progress, was a counselor for the Barack Obama administration, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.
Patrick J. Murphy
is a senior fellow at the Center for
American Progress, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and a board of visitor’s member
for the U.S. Military Academy (West
Point).
Rachel Kleinfeld
was a co-founder & CEO for
the Truman National Security Project,
is an advisory board member for the Truman
National Security Project, and a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews 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)
Robert Kagan was a
senior associate at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), is Frederick W. Kagan’s brother, and a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Frederick W.
Kagan is Robert Kagan’s brother,
and was a professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point).
Andrew
Goodpaster was the superintendent at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), a chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank), and a supreme allied commander in Europe for NATO.
George A. Joulwan
is a director at the Atlantic Council of
the United States (think tank), was a director at the General Dynamics Corporation, a professor at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), and
a supreme allied commander in Europe for NATO.
John R. Allen was
a supreme allied commander Europe nominee for NATO, is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank),
and a director at the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank).
Barry R.
McCaffrey was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a professor at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point).
Andrew
Goodpaster was a chairman for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a superintendent for the U.S. Military Academy (West Point).
Daniel W.
Christman was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a superintendent for the U.S. Military Academy (West Point).
George A. Joulwan
is a director at the Atlantic Council of
the United States (think tank), was a professor at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.
Lester Crown
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a director at the General Dynamics Corporation, and a
lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Lester Crown
was a director at the General Dynamics
Corporation, a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank),
and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Michelle Obama
was 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.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
John R. Allen is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank), and was a supreme allied commander Europe nominee for NATO.
Andrew Goodpaster
was a chairman for the Atlantic Council
of the United States (think tank), a supreme allied commander in Europe for
NATO, and a superintendent at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point).
No comments:
Post a Comment