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Congress Demands Answers on Anti-Israel Delegate to Confab
House Republican letter to Clinton says selection was ‘outlandish’
Republican members of Congress are demanding to know why the State Department selected a prominent anti-Israel Muslim leader to represent the U.S. at a recent human rights conference in Warsaw, Poland.
Salam al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), was recently selected by President Barack Obama’s administration to deliver remarks at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) annual human rights conference, a 10-day gathering focused on the “promotion of tolerance,” according to the group’s website.
The selection of al-Marayati quickly drew condemnation from Jewish leaders and others who objected to the presence of a Muslim leader who has defended terrorists and once speculated that Israel could be responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The State Department defended al-Marayati, labeling him “valued and highly credible.”
The administration’s defense led Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio), chairman of the Republican Study Committee, to demand answers in a letter sent late Thursday to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
“The Administration’s recent selection of Salam al-Marayati to represent the United States at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) for the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting is highly concerning,” Jordan wrote to Clinton, according to a copy of the letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
“Your assertion that al-Marayati is ‘valued and highly credible’ is not only outlandish, but raises serious questions regarding the Administration’s judgment, as well as its underlying foreign policy goals,” the letter said.
dba_vagabond_trader
October 29th, 2012
Surprised there aren’t little crescents to accompany the stars.
Irish
October 29th, 2012
Obama and Co. step in it at every turn. Nov 6th…end the error
simply enraged
October 29th, 2012
Surely no one is surprised? That evil, shrieking harpy made her loathing for Israel and Jews very clear back when bubba was Traitor In Chief.
grayscape
October 29th, 2012
Obama selecting a Nazi to represent America at a human rights conference indicates what’s in our future if this POS steals a second term.
vangrungy
October 29th, 2012
The FIVE stars represent the FIVE PILLARS of jizzlam
LizzieBee
October 29th, 2012
Interesting how the striped flag design is similar to Obama’s…
Unneutral
October 29th, 2012
The only transparency in this administration is what you see in their actions not their words.
scr_north
October 29th, 2012
I wonder how many of the Jewish Leaders that complained are still writing checks to Obama or the Dems? Do they still fail to see the reality that this President represents?
Lowell
October 29th, 2012
From above: “a 10-day gathering focused on the “promotion of tolerance,””
More like a 10 day party away from their spouses, networking on more ways to scam money into their own pockets, and some killer room service.
“Yes, this is room 544, we’d like the stuffed, roasted baby seal, caviar and toast tips for 20, and a half dozen magnums of Dom. And snap to it or your narrow ass will be back in Gaza before you can say ‘Arab Spring.’”
dba_vagabond_trader
October 29th, 2012
So this conference was basically a 10 day hate Israel fest? How tedious.I am assuming President Romney will put the kabosh on such nonsense.
Rick
October 29th, 2012
Hillary’s going to be very surprised, when, after handing America’s ass on a spit to the muslims, she winds up in a burka just like the rest of the women.
Pickled Liver
October 29th, 2012
Wait until Hillary finds out the Muzzie’s don’t like gay’s or booze !
General Ripper
October 29th, 2012
…and the Democrat fucktards are foaming at the mouth that Texas Gov Rick Perry and his Texas Atty Genl have both said they are going to arrest any OCSE “observer”/ poll interferers at next week’s election?
Ann Coulter is right – being Democrat truly is a mental illness.
Genl Ripper
TheFineReport.com
October 30th, 2012
“Demand?”
What a bunch of neutered assholes. Along with the demorats, we’ve got to boot out the GOP ‘establishment.’