Obama = Cfr?

[Tyler19]

I need proof on this please help. Thanks.

[Corydoras]

I've tried to look for it, too, and he's not on the list I was able to find. All I have been able to find is that he has given a talk to CFR members. I don't know if you have to be a member to give a talk.

[Tyler19]

this is big because a lot of people are labeling all these candidates as CFR but where can we find this information.

[Corydoras]

This is the only list I have been able to find, and who knows if it's correct?

http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/CFRMembers.html

[Tyler19]

and hes not on that list...... damnit

[garkoblogo]

his wife is

[Kregener]

Notable current Council members:

* Madeleine Albright (former United States Secretary of State)
* Barack Obama (2008 Presidential Candidate)
* Rudy Giuliani (2008 Presidential Candidate)
* Sandy Berger (United States National Security Advisor under President Bill Clinton)
* Michael R. Bloomberg (Current Mayor of New York City)
* Bill Brock (former Republican United States Senator from Tennessee)
* Tom Brokaw
* Rick Warren
* Edgar Bronfman (a member of the Bronfman dynasty, president of the World Jewish Congress)
* Ethan Bronner (deputy foreign editor of The New York Times)
* Zbigniew Brzezinski (United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter)
* Jonathan S. Bush (healthcare CEO, son of Jonathan Bush, brother of NBC entertainment reporter Billy Bush)
* Jimmy Carter
* Dick Cheney
* Warren Christopher (former United States Secretary of State)
* Bill Clinton
* Hillary Clinton (2008 Presidential candidate)
* Peggy Dulany (fourth child of David Rockefeller)
* Lawrence Eagleburger ( former United States Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush)
* Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
* Noah Feldman (academic and author)
* Mikhail Fridman (Russian oligarch, International Advisory Board member)
* Thomas Friedman (journalist, The New York Times)
* Robert M. Gates (United States Secretary of Defense, former Director of Central Intelligence)
* Leslie Gelb
* Alan Greenspan (former Chairman of the Federal Reserve)
* Gary Hart (former Democratic U.S. Senator representing Colorado, Council for a Livable World chairman, advisory board member for the Partnership for a Secure America)
* Chris Heinz (Heir to the H. J. Heinz Company ketchup fortune)
* Warren Hoge (American journalist)
* Angelina Jolie (UN Goodwill Ambassador)[33]
* Vernon Jordan (close advisor to President William J. Clinton)
* Robert Kagan (cofounded Project for the New American Century)
* John Kerry
* Henry Kissinger
* Irving Kristol (founder of American neoconservatism, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute)
* Paul R. Krugman
* John McCain
* Paula Zahn - news media, formerly an anchor on CNN
* John D. Negroponte (United States Deputy Secretary of State, former Director of National Intelligence, former U.S. ambassador to Honduras)
* Stan O'Neal (Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.)
* Henry Paulson (United States Treasury Secretary)
* Richard Pipes (father of founder/director of Middle East Forum Daniel Pipes)
* Norman Podhoretz (former editor-in-chief of "Commentary", senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, Project for the New American Century (PNAC) signatory)
* Steve Poizner (California businessman and Republican politician)
* Colin Powell (former United States Secretary of State, former National Security Advisor, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
* Charles Prince (chief executive officer of Citigroup)
* Condoleezza Rice
* Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, 2008 Presidential Candidate
# Keith A. Ridley, IV
# Alice Rivlin (economist, former U.S. cabinet member)
# David Rockefeller, Jr.
# John D. Rockefeller, IV
# Charlie Rose
# Karenna Gore Schiff (daughter of Al Gore)
# Brent Scowcroft (United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush)
# George Shultz (former United States Secretary of State, former United States Secretary of the Treasury, former United States Secretary of Labor)
# Ron Silver (actor, director, producer, cofounded the organization One Jerusalem)
# Walter B. Slocombe (former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy)
# George Soros
# Jonathan Soros
# Lesley Stahl
# Fred Thompson (2008 Presidential candidate)
# Paul Volcker (former Chairman of the Federal Reserve)
# Barbara Walters
# Steven Weinberg (American physicist)
# John C. Whitehead (chairman of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, former United States Deputy Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan, former Goldman Sachs chairman)
# Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby (International Advisory Board member)
# Adam Wolfensohn
# James D. Wolfensohn (former president of the World Bank)
# Paul Wolfowitz (former president of the World Bank, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense)
# James Woolsey (former Director of Central Intelligence and former head of the Central Intelligence Agency)
# Robert Zoellick (President of the World Bank)

[Tyler19]

Where is that list from?

[brandon]

His wife is CFR, i dont think barrack is.

[constituent]

^i'm seeing that list at the wiki, but am not finding a primary source stating specifically that Barack Obama is a member. Still looking.

One little side note. He spoke at a Chicago International something or another
recently. What was the name of that organization?

[Kregener]

The Chicago Council On Global Affairs (http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/chicago_council_history.php)

[CurtisLow]

Here's a good site.

http://presidentialcandidates.wetpaint.com/

[constituent]

The Chicago Council On Global Affairs (http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/chicago_council_history.php)

thank you kregener.

edit: re Chicago Council on Global Affairs

From the Timeline Page:

In a long line of vedddy interesting speakers:

1922: The Council's Formation
The Chicago Council was formed during the period of fervent isolationism in the United States after World War I. On February 20, 1922, twenty-three men and women established the Council as an impartial forum for discussing foreign affairs. These founders believed that World War I had catapulted the United States onto the international stage, requiring reevaluation of traditional policies and greater public awareness of foreign policy questions.

1920s-1930s: Establishing a Foundation of Excellence
The Chicago Council remained virtually the only voice on foreign affairs in the Midwest throughout the 1920s and 1930s. At a time when the mass media paid little attention to world events, the Council was the most reliable source of international news and analysis. In 1930 the Council began broadcasting discussions of foreign affairs and luncheon speeches over WGN radio. Regular luncheon meetings and public lectures featuring distinguished international personalities and experts were highly popular, often drawing thousands of guests.


Representative Speakers :
British Economist John Maynard Keynes, U.S. President Herbert Hoover, French Wartime Premier Georges Clemenceau, Former German Chancellor Heinrich Bruening


1940s - 1950s: Increasing Relevance and Growth
After World War II, The Chicago Council made an effort to attract younger members by forming the Young Adults Group. In addition, suburban programs were introduced. For four years in the 1950s, The Chicago Council used the new medium of television to produce a weekly program, called World Spotlight, for the local public television station to advance understanding of world affairs.


Representative Speakers :
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, India Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Future Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy

1960s - 1970s: Broadening Horizons
In the early 1960s, The Chicago Council's programming shifted its emphasis to the leading international issues of the day of world hunger and relations between the countries of the Atlantic. The Chicago Council also began sponsoring missions to foreign countries, which attracted considerable interest and participation from local business and civic leaders...

Representative Speakers :
Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro, Philosopher Mortimer Adler, Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban, U.N. Secretaries General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, Economist Milton Friedman, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

1980s - 1990s: Expanding Our Reach
...human rights emerged as a central topic as civil strife increased in countries around the globe.


Representative Speakers :
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Polish Solidarity Leader and Future President Lech Walensa, Former Prime Minister of France Valery Giscard D' Estaing, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, South Korea President Kim Young Sam

2000 - Present: The Shift Toward Globalism
The Chicago Council has stepped up its activities in the sphere of public education, drawing U.S. and international leaders and world affairs experts to Chicago. The Council has heightened its emphasis on trends and themes, including the global economy, democratization, sovereignty and intervention, global institutions, and a changing America. The Council has also shifted emphasis to less familiar areas of the world, especially Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Additionally, the Council is moving beyond its historic concentration on public education in Chicago and expanding its influence on opinion and policy regarding global issues through activities such as task forces, conferences, and study groups


Representative Speakers :
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Irish President Mary McAleese, Ukraine President Victor Yushchenko, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, President of the Republic of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Australian Prime Minister John Howard