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Richard Grenell
American
Diplomat
Born:
Sep 18
,
1966
American
Family
Money
People
Work
World
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Equal rights should not be a partisan political issue - so why are all gay leaders in one political party?
Richard Grenell
Gay
Rights
Political
Party
Leaders
Equal
Partisan
Equal Rights
Issue
Political Party
Should
Why
One sure way to ruin American credibility in the Arab world is to sit silently in Damascus and look like you're part of the Assad show.
Richard Grenell
You
World
Sit
Ruin
Way
Arab
Arab World
Part
Like
Look
Sure
Sure Way
American
Show
Credibility
Every once in a while, brave companies step out and act in ways that move customers and shareholders to also act in good faith.
Richard Grenell
Faith
Good
Every
Once
Ways
Out
Step
Shareholders
Also
Brave
Move
While
Customers
Act
Companies
Good Faith
Federal employees are public servants, not partisan foot soldiers for President Obama, and shouldn't have to decide whether a partisan White House request can be ignored without consequences.
Richard Grenell
Employees
White
White House
Consequences
President
President Obama
Soldiers
Obama
Federal
Foot
House
Partisan
Without
Decide
Whether
Public
Request
Ignored
Public Servants
Servants
Most people in Washington assumed if Obama made it to the White House he would appoint Biden as his secretary of state, a position Biden openly admitted he wanted.
Richard Grenell
People
Made
White
White House
Assumed
State
Secretary
Obama
Would
Admitted
He
Openly
Most
House
His
Wanted
Washington
Appoint
Position
Biden's support for Mubarak in the face of his falling regime sends a powerful and unfortunate message to the Arab world that their freedoms are negotiable.
Richard Grenell
World
Face
Arab
Arab World
Support
Powerful
Freedoms
Message
Falling
His
Sends
Unfortunate
Regime
Mubarak
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
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