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Tough decisions are never popular to make and even less popular to force upon the U.N.
Richard Grenell
Tough
Tough Decisions
Never
Force
Make
Decisions
Less
Popular
Even
Ironically, Hillary Clinton's appointment in 2008 as secretary of state was forced on Obama by her presidential campaign supporters, who insisted she play a major role in the then-new Democratic administration after a bruising primary fight.
Richard Grenell
Fight
State
Presidential
Presidential Campaign
Secretary
Obama
Administration
Insisted
Primary
Supporters
Major
Hillary
Democratic
Major Role
She
Forced
Clinton
Campaign
Role
Ironically
After
Who
Play
Her
Appointment
Foreign aid, though less than 1% of the annual federal budget, is often a hard case to make to constituents who are rightfully worried about domestic and economic issues.
Richard Grenell
Foreign Aid
Aid
Worried
Though
Rightfully
Constituents
About
Case
Economic
Federal
Budget
Annual
Make
Foreign
Issues
Domestic
Than
Often
Hard
Less
Who
U.S. foreign aid must be used more strategically to achieve our national security goals.
Richard Grenell
Goals
Achieve
Foreign Aid
National
Aid
Our
Security
Must
More
Foreign
National Security
Used
Strategically
U.S. academics and Upper East Side New Yorkers like to think of the United Nations as a place where foreign ambassadors have intellectual discussions about power and world peace.
Richard Grenell
Peace
World
Power
United Nations
World Peace
Think
Side
East
East Side
About
New
Like
Academics
Foreign
Ambassador
Intellectual
Discussions
Upper
Nations
Where
New Yorkers
Place
United
While we all want the U.N. to live up to its original intent and be the place where the world comes together to solve international problems, the reality is the U.N. isn't all that different from any other political body. Countries and individuals play to the cameras, create good theatre, and negotiate selfishly.
Richard Grenell
Good
Together
Theatre
Reality
World
Political
Problems
Live
Other
Negotiate
Solve
Individuals
Countries
Cameras
Up
Any
Intent
Where
Different
Want
Place
While
Create
Body
International
Original
Original Intent
Play
No one really disagrees that all of humanity has a responsibility to protect fellow citizens in a time of need.
Richard Grenell
Time
Humanity
Responsibility
Citizens
No-One
Protect
Fellow
Fellow Citizens
Really
Need
Too many members of the U.N. benefit from the status quo and won't make decisions for purely altruistic reasons.
Richard Grenell
Too
Benefit
Members
Status
Status Quo
Purely
Make
Altruistic
Quo
Decisions
Reasons
Many
Many people vote a straight party line from the president down to city council. Hollywood publicists need to think long and hard about who they are putting forward to lead their awards season campaigns.
Richard Grenell
Vote
People
Long
Party
Down
Think
President
City
City Council
About
Council
Lead
Putting
Party Line
Line
Campaigns
Straight
Hollywood
Hard
Who
Forward
Many
Awards
Season
Need
Guilt by association is part of campaigning.
Richard Grenell
Guilt
Part
Campaigning
Association
While some entertainment executives understand the power of having someone else speak for you, most Hollywood publicists don't.
Richard Grenell
You
Entertainment
Speak
Power
Else
Some
Someone
Having
Most
Executives
Understand
While
Hollywood
When it comes to Iran, we must not accept Obama's inconsistencies and weakness.
Richard Grenell
Weakness
Must
Obama
Accept
Iran
When foreigners struggle for their freedoms, they've long expected the U.S. government to be the first to stand with them.
Richard Grenell
Government
Struggle
Long
First
Be The First
Freedoms
Foreigners
Expected
Them
Stand
The Left sees no place for differing opinions.
Richard Grenell
Sees
Opinions
Left
Place
Differing
California is a great place to live.
Richard Grenell
Great
Live
Great Place
California
Place
Most Republicans in California are tired of fighting the one-party rule from the Left and have given up on state politics.
Richard Grenell
Politics
Tired
Fighting
State
Rule
Given
Most
California
Left
Up
Republicans
From the moments Obama took office, he has downplayed the threats from radical Islamists.
Richard Grenell
Radical
Took
Obama
Threats
He
Islamists
Office
Moments
The money from wealthy nations to confront some very real global poverty and economic issues is largely given out of guilt.
Richard Grenell
Money
Guilt
Poverty
Out
Wealthy
Some
Given
Economic
Global
Real
Issues
Very
Nations
Confront
Largely
Many developing nations have such severe debt and budget problems that the money given by developed nations will never be spent the way it is intended.
Richard Grenell
Money
Problems
Will
Way
Spent
Severe
Given
Never
Developed
Developing
Budget
Debt
Intended
Nations
Many
Overstating America's issues doesn't make us relatable; it makes others' issues easily dismissable.
Richard Grenell
Others
Easily
Make
Makes
Issues
America
Us
California Democrats are out to kill the American dream by ridiculing the commitment to hard work.
Richard Grenell
Work
Hard Work
Commitment
Out
Dream
California
Democrats
American
American Dream
Hard
Millions of people walk into the voting booth and vote for someone they like.
Richard Grenell
Vote
People
Voting
Walk
Booth
Someone
Like
Millions
Millions Of People
The U.N. and other international bodies, along with wealthier nations, could manage the unavoidable migration from poorer countries if there were greater focus on stopping the larger chaos created by leaders who finance and support terrorism in the name of Islam.
Richard Grenell
Finance
Terrorism
Focus
Islam
Other
Chaos
Unavoidable
Could
Leaders
Support
Countries
Name
Along
Greater
Were
Manage
Nations
Stopping
Poorer
Created
Migration
Bodies
Who
International
Larger
Fellow conservatives, particularly within the Republican Party, typically do a good job arguing against totalitarian, one-size-fits-all approaches to policy. What works for a family in New York City might not work in Jenison, Michigan, or Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Richard Grenell
Work
Good
Family
Good Job
Job
Party
Conservatives
Approaches
Oklahoma
City
Totalitarian
One-Size-Fits-All
Arguing
New
Particularly
Fellow
Policy
Within
Michigan
York
New York
New York City
Republican
Against
Republican Party
Might
Works
Politically motivated lawsuits and prosecutions cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
Richard Grenell
Year
Every
Hundreds
Cost
Lawsuits
Motivated
Dollars
Politically
Taxpayers
Millions
Millions Of Dollars
Activists create nonprofits for the sole purpose of suing their enemies, collecting a settlement check, and paying lawyers to find the next frivolous lawsuit.
Richard Grenell
Enemies
Settlement
Sole
Sole Purpose
Collecting
Find
Lawsuit
Lawyers
Purpose
Check
Frivolous
Create
Next
Paying
Activists
Suing
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