Comments on: Good Call on Durban II, Mr. President http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2009/04/20/good-call-mr-president/ Journalist - Middle East Commentator Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:07:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Erik http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2009/04/20/good-call-mr-president/#comment-23075 Erik Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:06:39 +0000 http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2009/04/20/good-call-mr-president/#comment-23075 Good post to encourage Obama to hold the line. In other Obama news: <i>President Obama this afternoon spoke to about 1,000 CIA employees, who greeted him with enthusiastic applause... "I have fought to protect the integrity of classified information in the past and I will do so in the future," the president added. "And there is nothing more important than protecting the identity of CIA officers. So I need everybody to be clear. We will protect your identities and your security as you vigorously pursue your missions. I will be as vigorous in protecting you, as you are vigorous in protecting the American people." The president thanked the employees for their service, noting that "what makes it tougher is, when you succeed, as you so often do, that success usually has to stay secret." He called the CIA "an indispensable tool, the tip of the spear, in America's intelligence mission and our national security." The president went on to say he understands that "it's hard when you are asked to protect the American people against people who have no scruples, and would willingly and gladly kill innocents.</i> http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/20/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4957869.shtml Good post to encourage Obama to hold the line.

In other Obama news:

President Obama this afternoon spoke to about 1,000 CIA employees, who greeted him with enthusiastic applause…

“I have fought to protect the integrity of classified information in the past and I will do so in the future,” the president added.

“And there is nothing more important than protecting the identity of CIA officers. So I need everybody to be clear. We will protect your identities and your security as you vigorously pursue your missions. I will be as vigorous in protecting you, as you are vigorous in protecting the American people.”

The president thanked the employees for their service, noting that “what makes it tougher is, when you succeed, as you so often do, that success usually has to stay secret.” He called the CIA “an indispensable tool, the tip of the spear, in America’s intelligence mission and our national security.”

The president went on to say he understands that “it’s hard when you are asked to protect the American people against people who have no scruples, and would willingly and gladly kill innocents.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/20/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4957869.shtml

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