The strange case of the missing U.N. ambassador

[lostinblue 1,989]

The strange case of the missing U.N. ambassador

By: John Hayward

8/23/2013 12:00 PM

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President Obama has made himself scarce during the Egyptian and Syrian crises, spending much of the time shutting down Martha’s Vineyard with huge motorcades during his latest luxury vacation. But what’s really weird is that no one seems to know the whereabouts of the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power. This is particularly odd because she was a controversial nominee that Obama just insisted on having, and she’s supposed to be especially “hawkish” on Syria.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki – last seen lying about the whereabouts of Secretary of State John Kerry when the Muslim Brotherhood government of Egypt came crashing down – claims not to know where Power is, hilariously referring questions about her current activities to the United Nations. ”She had a previously scheduled trip,” Psaki muttered at a press conference.

When a reporter asked where this scheduled trip might have taken the ambassador, Psaki snapped, “I don’t think I need to go into more detail from here, and you’re welcome to call the United Nations, where she is the Ambassador.” It was the third time during the same press conference Psaki asserted that the U.S. government doesn’t know what its ambassador is up to, but maybe the folks over at the United Nations could help the media out. I’d call this indifference to the disposition of a high-ranking State Department employee shocking, but, Benghazi.

Adding to the black comedy, the Weekly Standard checked transcripts of Psaki’s press conference and found the State Department inserted footnotes to clarify that every time Psaki told reporters to contact the U.N, she really meant the “U.S. mission to the U.N.,” which is… a branch of the State Department. Which Jen Psaki is the spokeswoman for. Who wrote their procedural manual, Joseph Heller?

Incidentally, the reporter hammering the hapless Jen Psaki for the whereabouts of our ambassador to the United Nations was James Rosen of Fox News. The Obama Administration certainly seems interested in keeping tabs on his movements.

Power’s mysterious trip, which the government concedes was of a “personal” nature – even though she’s only been on the job for about three weeks – caused her to miss the United Nations Security Council emergency meeting on the use of chemical weapons in Syria… which she had called for. “Power, who tweeted a call for U.N. action after news broke of the gas attack and has long advocated military intervention in the ongoing Syrian civil war, was said to be in a location where no travel arrangements could be made,” reports Fox News.

She traveled to a place no one could travel out of, in the middle of several major Middle East crises? Maybe she was visiting Chester’s Mill.

At first glance, it seems odd to see the Obama Administration treating the United Nations with such casual contempt, since the Administration spends a lot of time insisting that it wants to work through the U.N. in every foreign policy crisis, including the Syrian chemical-weapons affair. But maybe that’s the precise reason Power was made scarce – she’s an embarrassing reminder of Obama’s dangerous empty bluster about “red lines” and Syrian intervention. Or maybe this is just another example of how everyone in Obama’s orbit seems to treat government “service” as a long luxury vacation, in which the perks of power matter far more than duty, responsibility, or fidelity to the law. And it doesn’t seem like John Kerry has made any progress cleaning up after Hillary Clinton’s disastrous tenure at the State Department, an agency more concerned with the obfuscation of scandals, and the covering of posteriors, than projecting American influence around the globe.

Update: After days of the State Department refusing to disclose Power’s activities, it now appears that she was in Ireland, with her husband, former Obama adviser Cass Sunstein… who, according to local news sources, was a featured guest at a Charlie Chaplin film festival. That all sounds like a great reason for someone who’s only been on the job 19 days to miss a critical Security Council meeting on a major world crisis.

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/08/23/the-strange-case-of-the-missing-u-n-ambassador/

These people are incompetant to hold down such important positions in our government The Kenyan was playing golf and Powers attended a film festival......All the while the middle east burns.

[Pooky 3,807]

How to bolster American credibility worldwide ... not.

[Darnell 8,478]

Feh - she's a Ginger. Different rules for her, sorry.

[Pooky 3,807]

Feh - she's a Ginger. Different rules for her, sorry.

Ginger, or not, she's an embarrassment.

[Darnell 8,478]

Oh, sure, I agree with that.

Who sets policy via Twitter? Just who the @#Ck does that?

[lostinblue 1,989]

Maybe she was just scouting out the next vacation spot for the kenyan

[Jacque67 7,328]

No civilized person works during the summer months. Nothing will happen until September. Thos is much ado about nothing.

[Pooky 3,807]

No civilized person works during the summer months. Nothing will happen until September. Thos is much ado about nothing.

Apart from the fact that the US Ambassador to the UN could not be bothered to attend the session she called for on the crisis in Syria?

That's embarrassing, both to her personally and to the US administration that she represents at the UN.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Her underlings should commit hara-kiri

[lostinblue 1,989]

The Kenyan is her role model ..17 Days on the job and it is vacation time.A position important enough that it had to be voted on by congress and Powers missed an emergency meeting regarding Syria shooting poisonous gas on their people and she was at a Charlie Chaplin festival??Is her professional duty and responsibility – interfering with her social life? Bengazi … Hillary was no where to be found. These people are incompetant to hold down such important positions in our government.At the kenyans directive the U.N. Ambassador is a Cabinet Level Position. Samantha Power is part of his cabinet – Every bit equal to the actual U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.This entire WH Administration seems to like their job titles and the perks that go with their positions much better than the jobs themselves. People who are lets say unqualified have been given serious responsibilities........The middle east burns while the kenyan golfs.

[GandD 5,966]

Stopped reading after first sentence.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Stopped reading after first sentence.

If you never read anything I post again is fine by me

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Can someone explain to me how he is "the Kenyan" please? Thanks.

I mean, my only explanation is that people who use "the Kenyan" actually believe he is from Kenya.

And if they believe that, then why should we care about anything else they have to say? They've already proven themselves to be delusional.

Edited August 26, 2013 by Penny Lane

[GandD 5,966]

"President Obama has made himself scarce during the Egyptian and Syrian crises, spending much of the time shutting down Martha’s Vineyard with huge motorcades during his latest luxury vacation."

Sounds like a non-biased article.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

"President Obama has made himself scarce during the Egyptian and Syrian crises, spending much of the time shutting down Martha’s Vineyard with huge motorcades during his latest luxury vacation."

Sounds like a non-biased article.

Take that back! Lost only posts Fair and Balanced ™ OP's!