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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (755820)	12/3/2013 3:47:37 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 1570935

Yep...they had more than enough. Many you are a dope....no wonder you are an Odumbo voter...

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (755820)

12/3/2013 3:49:08 PM

From: jlallen

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You certainly do get what you pay for.....

State couldn't afford to provide security for ambassador Stevens but has a $million bucks for a sculpture.

At the end of September, the federal government's fiscal year was drawing to a close, the threat of a shut down was increasing, and the State Department was shopping for art. Four contracts were awarded in the last two weeks of September, including $1,000,000 for a granite sculpture by Irish-born artist Sean Scully to be installed at the new U.S. Embassy in London. Notice of the awards was posted Sunday afternoon of Thanksgiving weekend on the Federal Business Opportunities website.

Although the form of the Scully sculpture is not identified in the award notification, the artist has produced granite sculptures before, including this one entitled " Wall of Light Cubed 2" in 2008:

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (755820)	12/3/2013 3:55:00 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Respond to of 1570935

STATE DEPARTMENT CUT LIBYAN SECURITY WHILE SPENDING ON CHEVY VOLTS he Washington Times is reporting that at the same time State Department officials were cutting security for our diplomatic stations in Libya, they were increasing the budget for our embassy in Austria in order to purchase Chevrolet's electric powered Volt:In a May 3, 2012, email, the State Department denied a request by a group of Special Forces assigned to protect the U.S. embassy in Libya to continue their use of a DC- 3 airplane for security operations throughout the country. . . Four days later, on May 7, the State Department authorized the U.S. embassy in Vienna [Austria] to purchase a $108,000 electric vehicle charging station for the embassy motor pool’s new Chevrolet Volts. The purchase was a part of the State Department’s “Energy Efficiency Sweep of Europe” initiative, which included hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on green program expenditures at various U.S. Embassies. In fact, at a May 10 gala held at the U.S. embassy in Vienna, the ambassador showcased his new Volts and other green investments as part of the U.S. government’s commitment to “climate change solutions.” . . . Before the terrorist attack that took the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, there were more than 230 security incidents in Libya between June 2011 and July 2012. Of those attacks, 48 took place in Benghazi, two at the U.S. diplomatic compound and scene of the September 11, 2012, terrorist attacks. The American embassy in Austria is considered one of the safest diplomatic postings in the world. The American mission in Benghazi, Libya is considered one of the most dangerous. While the *State Department Rules of Engagement for Libya* signed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton within the last eighteen months specifically prohibits the stationing of Marines at any diplomatic station in that country, the American embassy in Austria has a full complement of Marines. Among their duties are the presenting of the American flag at the annual 4th of July picnic held at the embassy in Vienna every year.