New Staff Additions Strengthen Kerry-Edwards Team for Final Push

[Nambe]

US Newswire

With just over two months to go before Election Day, the Kerry-Edwards campaign announced Tuesday that it has brought on board key new staff to help lead the campaign to victory on November 2nd. The new additions strengthen an already impressive campaign team and bolster the campaign's efforts to put John Kerry and John Edwards in the White House.

Joining the Kerry-Edwards campaign: Senior Advisor Joe Lockhart; Director of Rapid Response Joel Johnson; Senior Advisor for National Security Affairs Dr. Susan Rice; Policy Advisor on Israel and the Middle East former Congressman Mel Levine; Elizabeth Edwards Chief of Staff Lori Denham and Elizabeth Edwards Communication Director Karen Finney. ..


Dr. Rice was the co-recipient of the White House’s 2000 Samuel Nelson Drew Memorial Award for distinguished contributions to the formation of peaceful, cooperative relationships between states. She was awarded the Chatham House-British International Studies Association Prize for the most distinguished doctoral dissertation in the United Kingdom in the field of International Relations. Dr. Rice is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on several boards including the National Democratic Institute, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and the Internews Corporation.

[BootinUp]

1. Dr. Rice is a smart cookie n/t

[Hawkeye-X]

7. Make sure she differs from the other Dr. Rice

You know.. the Condi one..

[surfermaw]

30. Is she Condi Cousin

Watched a news show and saw a cousin of Condi's...is this the same lady, I do remember the cousin was a democrat.

[Doosh]

2. where is James Carville? Chris Lehane?

[lancdem]

15. Carville may not join even if he's asked

but he could be an unofficial adviser.

[President Jesus]

3. is this a joke? a black female named Dr. Rice is his NSA?

weird.

[nolabels]

8. A wonk

Dr. Susan E. Rice

Dr. Rice is currently a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. At Brookings, Dr. Rice is affiliated jointly with the Foreign Policy and Governance Studies Programs where she is examining the national security implications of global poverty and inequality, transnational security threats, new strategies for corporate social responsibility investing. She also serves as an independent consultant and speaker.

Prior to this, Rice was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1997-2001. In this capacity, she formulated and implemented overall US policy towards 48 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, including political, economic, security and humanitarian issues. She oversaw management of 43 US Embassies, over 5000 U.S. and Foreign Service national employees, a Bureau operating budget of over $100 million and a program budget of approximately $160 million, annually.

From 1995-1997, Dr. Rice also served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) and, from 1993-1995, as Director for International Organizations and Peacekeeping at the NSC. Prior to her White House tenure, Rice was a management consultant at McKinsey and Company in Toronto, where she served clients in oil and gas, steel, transportation, retail, public/non-governmental and pulp/paper sectors.

Dr. Rice was the co-recipient of the White House’s 2000 Samuel Nelson Drew Memorial Award for distinguished contributions to the formation of peaceful, cooperative relationships between states. She was awarded the Chatham House-British International Studies Association Prize for the most distinguished doctoral dissertation in the United Kingdom in the field of International Relations. Dr. Rice is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on several boards including the National Democratic Institute, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and the Internews Corporation.

Rice received B.A. in History from Stanford and an M.Phil. from Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She also received a D.Phil. (Ph.D) in International Relations from Oxford. She is married to Ian Cameron and has two children.
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http://www.emergingmarkets.aem.cornell.edu/whats_new/rice_bio.html

[The_Counsel]

4. Well, Let's Hope THIS Dr. Rice Actually Has Some Sense... (n/t)

(n/t)

[Connie_Corleone]

5. She does.

She's the good Dr. Rice. She's far more qualified than Condi, that's for sure.

[DarthDem]

23. THIS one

. . . really went to Stanford. I don't know if anyone else has ever noticed, but the Pukes always try to give off the impression that Condoid went to Stanford. In fact, she merely taught there; her academic credentials are not as impressive as they try to make them.

None of this is intended as school snobbery, by the way; it's about Rethuglican duplicity.

[dave29]

6. she's certainly cuter

(sorry, male moment)

and more importantly probably doesn't have an oil tanker named after her.

[PartyPooper]

24. I can only hope she doesn't refer to her boss as "my husband"

like the other Dr. Rice did earlier this year! ;-)

[KoKo]

9. She worked for McKinsey & Co. Oil and Gas Clients? Is this a joke?

"Prior to her White House tenure, Rice was a management consultant at McKinsey and Company in Toronto, where she served clients in oil and gas, steel, transportation, retail, public/non-governmental and pulp/paper sectors."

[piece sine]

11. What's your problem??

We're all enamored with a Billionaireness (with a B)who married her pile of dough and was, until late last year, a very socially-prominent Pubbie and you're worried about oil and gas contracts?! At this point in do-or-die race, could it possibly matter??

[KoKo]

25. What's MY Problem. Do you know Condi RICE worked for Chevron?

nuff said...is this a Dem joke..finding an African-American who has Condi Rice's background to go at the Repugs?

You wonder what my problem is, here? Excuse Me!

[goclark]

31. I have heard wonderful things about this Mrs. Rice

As an African American I am extremely proud of this one.

As an American I am equally as proud.

[KoKo]

33. She DOES sound better than Condi...but look at her first job! Same as

Condi's for Chevron...why shouldn't I be suspicious. It sounds like a "cheap trick" finding another Condi Clone with same last name but this one has a Liberal UN/Brookings Background compared to Condi.

It really sounds weird...and cruel...Why would Kerry Campaign do this?

[goclark]

34. Because she is a class act

I'll trust Kerry on this one.

[belle]

35. Oh come on, it's not like it's that unusual a name.

[AP]

20. Chelsea Clinton works for McKinsey.

[legin]

10. Seeing how I'm a basement person

I had to check out Mel Levine.

<<snip>>

Until recently, he served on the board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), but has cut his activities in advocacy groups since becoming chairman of the non-political Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

<<snip>>

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1092626412132

There are some positive things in the article, but generally I think I am going to throw up.

[nolabels]

13. No need for spin here, but does this seem like a flank move?

Don't get sick, get an education :D

Bruce Herschensohn, Mel Levine, Debate Effectiveness of Bush Policy in War on Terror, Role of UN

Conservative author, television commentator exchanges views with liberal attorney and former congressman.

Leslie Evans


From left: Bruce Herschensohn, Steven Spiegel, Mel Levine

Conservative television commentator and author Bruce Herschensohn shared the platform with liberal former Congressman Mel Levine at UCLA's James West Alumni Center October 17 for a wide ranging debate on multilateralism versus unilateralism, focusing on the role of the United Nations, the war in Iraq, and the Bush administration's effectiveness in the fight against terrorism. The event was sponsored by the United Nations Foundation as part of a series of such discussions across the country. It was hosted at UCLA by the Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations.

The meeting was opened by Political Science Professor Steven Spiegel, who is associate director of the Burkle Center. He noted that the question lends itself to three positions: "(1) we never should have done it in the first place; (2) the administration has done fine; (3) the war was right but the administration did not plan adequately enough for reconstruction." He noted that with only two speakers there was no representative at this particular event for the first view.

Mel Levine spoke first. He had served as a member of the California Assembly, 1977-82, and was a U.S. congressman, 1983-93. He is currently a partner in the law firm of Gibson, Dunne and Krutcher. For some years he served as copresident of Builders for Peace, which sought to assist the Middle East peace process.
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http://www.isop.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=5076

Of course some DUers live in his old district, I am sure we will hear more

[independentpiney]

14. I type too slow for these boards

[A_Possum]

16. Welcome to DU!

Go ahead and post, people will come back and see it!

[independentpiney]

21. Thanks, been lurking since June 2003

eom

[independentpiney]

12. Mel Levine Middle East Policy Adviser- Staunch supporter of Israel

Middle Eastern policy is the biggest area I disagree with Kerry on. But that will wait till after the election.

Israel is thrilled with the selection though
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1092626412132

[PlanetBev]

17. They ought to hire Garry South

He was Gray Davis campaign manager in the original 2002 election (the one before the recall) and pulled it off for Gray. He has been described as a Mako shark patrolling the waters of the Left Coast. When he's finished with you, you're chum in the water.

Kerry needs someone who is lethal.

[peacetalksforall]

27. There are differences between how and what you support....there are

three distinctions...

supporting Israel
supporting Sharon
supporting Israel and Palestine through negotiations

I'll be waiting to see which kind of Israel supporter he is.

If Sharon - forget about him.

[peacetalksforall]

28. I'll be waiting to see which kind of Israel supporter he is

there are three distinctions...

supporting Israel
supporting Sharon
supporting Israel and Palestine through negotiations

I'll be waiting to see which kind of Israel supporter he is.

If Sharon - forget about him.

[kstewart33]

18. Very disappointing

Policy wonks are not what the campaign needs now. We need fighters who can give better than they get.

[KittyWampus]

19. You've Read The Bios Of All Above Mentioned People?

Impressive!

[Dan]

36. You are so right,

When you are in a knife fight, at least, at the very least bring your own knife.

[AlCzervik]

22. Yah! Joe Lockhart!

They can only help.

[KoKo]

26. Lockhart is Great! I'm so glad they brought him on because he's a power

house and the Repugs can't shout him down! Good news here!

[ttownman]

29. Good move...we're losing ground (fast)

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