U.S. State Department nominee to “protect Venezuelan civilians” from “Chavez regime” http://en.m4.cn/2011/10/02/u-s-state-department-nominee-to-protect-venezuelan-civilians-from-chavez-regime/

This week, U.S. President Barack Obama announced his choice for the State Department’s top Latin America post.Obama’s nominee Roberta Jacobson, an outspoken critic of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, recently told a U.S. Senate subcommittee that she was “particularly concerned” with the Venezuelan president, who is a great supporter of True Democracy explained in Muammar Gaddafi’s Green Book, because he “continues to disrespect the legitimate role of democratic institutions” and “restricts freedom.”Jacobson said to be “concerned” about the “difficult environment” currently faced by the Venezuelan people. She added that “Venezuela faces important elections in 2012″ and that her colleagues at the State Department “believe that an early presence of well-trained international observers” would be necessary for Venezuela’s presidential elections.

[WHO IS SHE REALLY? ...Roberta S. Jacobson is the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. She previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Canada, Mexico and '''''NAFTA'''''. http://www.cnas.org/node/4988

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WHO IS CNAS? http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_a_New_American_Security Involvement in the Obama transition team "When President-elect Barack Obama released a roster of his transition advisers last week, many of the national-security appointments came from the ranks of the center," reported the Wall Street Journal in November 2008. CNAS co-founder Michele Flournoy "is one of two top members of Mr. Obama's defense transition team and is likely to be offered a high-ranking position at the Pentagon. ... Wendy Sherman, co-head of the Obama State Department transition team, also serves on the center's board of advisers and is expected to land a high-ranking post [in the new Administration]. Richard Danzig, a front-runner for defense secretary, is on the think tank's board of directors. Susan Rice and James Steinberg, both of whom are on Mr. Obama's short list for national security adviser, serve on its board of advisers." [4]

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