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Obama appoints David Boren to intelligence post

University of Oklahoma President David Boren (center) is flanked by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday at the White House. Obama named the former Oklahoma governor and senator as co-chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. Gerald Herbert/Associated Press
 
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
Published: 10/29/2009  2:28 AM
Last Modified: 10/29/2009  5:44 AM

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced the appointment Wednesday of University of Oklahoma President David Boren as a co-chairman of an intelligence advisory board.

"David is a longtime champion of intelligence reform," said Obama, who tapped former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as the other co-chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.

"I will be looking for the board to provide me with objective, independent and nonpartisan counsel as we work to strengthen our intelligence community and our national security."

The president cited Boren's previous service as the longest-serving chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Oklahoman's legislation that created an independent inspector general at the CIA and reformed oversight of covert actions.

Boren called Obama's announcement a "unique rollout" of the board appointments.

He said the president also sent intelligence agencies a message saying that he expected them to cooperate with the board and provide it with the information needed.

"That was very good," Boren said. "That really empowered us."

During his first discussions with the White House about taking the job, Boren said he made it clear that he was not interested in preparing reports that would end up gathering dust on a shelf.

He said Obama assured him that the board's work would not suffer that fate.

In addition to acting as an auditor on intelligence activities, Boren said, the board, which
dates to the Eisenhower administration, also can be used by presidents as a sounding board.

After endorsing Obama during last year's presidential race, Boren was an adviser to his campaign on national security and foreign policy.

At that time, he cited Obama's "good judgment" in warning against the Iraq war and advised him on the importance of building partnerships and sharing burdens with other countries.

Boren said President George W. Bush's administration had depended too much on the military in foreign affairs, describing that approach as a huge mistake.

"This part-time advisory role, which is uncompensated, will in no way alter my plans to remain as president of the University of Oklahoma," Boren said. "I see this appointment as a chance to perform my duty as a citizen to serve our country."

Boren, 68, was Oklahoma's governor from 1975 to 1979. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1994.

His son, U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla., is on the House Intelligence Committee.


Jim Myers (202) 484-1424
jim.myers@tulsaworld.com
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau

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Lance-a-lot, Tulsa (10/28/2009 1:46:22 PM)
I wonder how his boy Dan feels about this?
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Lance-a-lot, Tulsa (10/28/2009 1:46:45 PM)
And Hagel was/is a RINO.
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oldrustytulsa, Tulsa (10/29/2009 3:30:29 PM)
Do you remember that David run for Governor with a broom? And Randy Terrill wants to run with a rope, chasing,and trying to catch a little Mexican kid.
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zzx375, BA (10/29/2009 7:02:10 AM)
And the demonstrated need for such a board is.....what?

"...Boren said he made it clear that he was not interested in preparing reports that would end up gathering dust on a shelf..."

Well, if they're in digital format, they won't gather dust. They may not be read, but they won't gather dust.
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Mar, Tulsa (10/28/2009 1:09:33 PM)
Well, after all Boren is a Democrat and he endorsed Obama for president. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours is alive and well.
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Few Clothes, America (10/28/2009 8:23:05 PM)
OBAMA'S "CZARS"

CZAR
Czar Position
Summary

Richard Holbrooke
Afghanistan Czar
Ultra liberal anti gun former Gov. of New Mexico. Pro Abortion and legal drug use.

Ed Montgomery
Auto recovery Czar
Black radical anti business activist. Affirmative Action and Job Preference for blacks. Univ of Maryland Business School Dean teaches US business has caused world poverty. ACORN board member. Communist DuBois Club member.

Jeffrey Crowley
AIDS Czar
Homosexual. A Gay Rights activist. Believes in Gay Marriage and Special Status, including free health care for gays.

Alan Bersin
Border Czar
former failed superintendent of San Diego . Ultra Liberal friend of Hilary Clinton. Served as Border Czar under Janet Reno – to keep borders open to illegal’s

David J. Hayes
California Water Czar
Sr. Fellow of radical environmentalist group, “Progress Policy”. No training or experience in water management.

Ron Bloom
Car Czar
Auto Union worker. Anti business & anti nuclear. Has worked hard to force US auto makers out of business. Sits on the Board of Chrysler which is now Auto Union owned. How did this happen?

Dennis Ross
Central Region Czar
Believes US policy has caused Mid East wars. Obama apologist to the world. Anti gun and pro abortion.

Lynn Rosenthal
Domestic Violence Czar
Director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Vicious anti male feminist. Supported male castration.

Gil Kerlikowske
Drug Czar
devoted lobbyist for every restrictive gun law proposal, Former Chief of Police in Liberal Seattle. Believes no American should own a firearm. Supports legalization of drugs





Carol Brower
Energy and Environment Czar
Political Radical Former head of EPA - known for anti-business activism. Strong anti-gun ownership. SOCIALIST on Commission for a Sustainable World Society, which calls for "global governance" and says rich countries must shrink their economies to address climate change.

Joshua DuBois
Faith Based Czar
Political Black activist-Degree in Black Nationalism—seek a separate black nation.. Anti gun ownership lobbyist.

Cameron Davis
Great Lakes Czar
Chicago radical anti business environmentalist. Blames George Bush for “Poisoning the water that minorities have to drink.” No experience or training in w ater management. Former ACORN Board member

Van Jones
Green Jobs Czar
(since resigned). Black activist Member of American communist Party and San Francisco Communist Party who said Geo Bush caused the 911 attack and wanted Bush investigated by the World Court for war crimes. MARXIST, said whites are poisoning blacks, said transformation from “suicidal gray capitalism to econ-capitalism to the complete redistribution of wealth.” Black activist with strong anti-white views.

Daniel Fried
Guantanamo Closure Czar
Rights activist for Foreign Terrorists. Believes America has caused the war on terrorism.

Nancy-Ann DeParle.
Health Czar
Former head of Medicare / Medicaid. Strong Health Care Rationing proponent. She is married to a reporter for The New York Times.

Vivek Kundra
Information Czar
born in New Delhi, India. Controls all public information, including labels and news releases. Monitors all private Internet emails.

Todd Stern
International Climate Czar
Anti business former White House chief of Staff- Strong supportrer of the Kyoto Accord. Pushing hard for Cap and Trade. Blames US business for Global warming.

Dennis Blair
Intelligence Czar
Ret Navy. Stopped US guided missile program as “provocative”. Chair of ultra liberal “Council on Foreign Relations” which blames American organizations for regional wars.
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Few Clothes, America (10/28/2009 8:28:04 PM)
CONTINUED


George Mitchell
Mideast Peace Czar
Fmr. Sen from Maine Left wing radical. Has said Israel should be split up into “2 or 3 “ smaller more manageable plots”. Anti-nuclear anti-gun & pro homosexual

Kenneth Feinberg
Pay Czar
Chief of Staff to TED KENNEDY. Lawyer who got rich off the 911 victims payoffs.

George Mitchell
Mideast Peace Czar
Fmr. Sen from Maine Left wing radical. Has said Israel should be split up into “2 or 3 “ smaller more manageable plots”. Anti-nuclear anti-gun & pro homosexual

Kenneth Feinberg
Pay Czar
Chief of Staff to TED KENNEDY. Lawyer who got rich off the 911 victims payoffs.

Cass Sunstein
Regulatory Czar
Liberal activist judge believes free speech needs to be limited for the “common good”. Rules against personal freedoms many times –like private gun ownership. Says animals should be able to sue people. Anti-hunting..

John Holdren
Science Czar
Fierce ideological environmentalist, Sierra Club, Anti business activist. Claims US business has caused world poverty. No Science training. OK to abort a child until the age of two. Thinks TREES should be able to sue humans.

Earl Devaney
Stimulus Accountability Czar
spent career trying to take guns away from American citizens. Believes in Open Borders to Mexico . Author of statement blaming US gun stores for drug war in Mexico .

J. Scott Gration
Sudan Czar
Native of Democratic Republic of Congo. Believes US does little to help Third World countries. Council of foreign relations, asking for higher US taxes to support United Nations

Herb Allison
TARP Czar
Fannie May CEO responsible for the US recession by using real estate mortgages to back up the US stock market. Caused millions of people to lose their life savings.

John Brennan
Terrorism Czar
Anti CIA activist. No training in diplomatic or gov. affairs. Believes Open Borders to Mexico and a dialog with terrorists and has suggested Obama disband US military

Aneesh Chopra
Technology Czar
No Technology training. Worked for the Advisory Board Company, a health care think tank for hospitals. Anti doctor activist. Supports Obama Health care Rationing and salaried doctors working exclusively for the Gov. health care plan

Adolfo Carrion Jr.
Urban Affairs Czar
Puerto Rican. Anti American activist and leftist group member in Latin America . Millionaire “slum lord” of the Bronx , NY. Owns many lavish homes and condos which he got from “sweetheart” deals with labor unions. Wants higher taxes to pay for minority housing and health care

Ashton Carter
Weapons Czar
Leftist. Wants all private weapons in US destroyed. Supports UN ban on firearms ownership in America . No Other “policy”

Gary Samore
WMD Policy Czar
Former US Communist. Wants US to destroy all WMD unilaterally as a show of good faith. Has no other “policy”.




Look what we have wrought upon ourselves by electing the first Black President.
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FUTURE WORLD, Tulsa (10/28/2009 9:26:32 PM)
Good choice by the president. He does have expertise in intelligence.
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TulsaTulsa, Tulsa (10/28/2009 12:45:42 PM)
that headline is an oxymoron isn't it? Just kidding Sooners!!
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Newsmax, Tulsa - MidTown (10/28/2009 8:46:22 PM)
Boren, an Obama liberal in sheep's clothing! Who would have guessed?
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lynette, Tulsa (10/28/2009 12:48:53 PM)
Oh jiminy Christmas. Say it's not so. :(
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Eagle 4, Tulsa (10/29/2009 6:37:01 AM)
What a dilemna for the Right-ving - how to bash Obama and still not bash such a respected Oklahoman...hmmm.

Good choice, Mr. President!
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aint missbehavin, .. (10/29/2009 8:02:18 AM)
Well that was intelligent.
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Ignatz, A nice place where Democrats hold every office in the County. (10/28/2009 4:14:13 PM)
Hagel is a fine American patriot who called out the chickenhawks in his own party.He was a conservative. That just makes him honest, Lance, hardly a RINO. You can be an independent thinker and a Republican, and I strongly recommend a lot of you commenters try it sometime.
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Corvetteguy, Tulsa (10/28/2009 9:16:08 PM)
I'm wondering if Senator Boren is ever going to come out of the closet?
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Corvetteguy, Tulsa (10/29/2009 11:04:42 AM)
Forgetting for a second about the second gulf war in Iraq, most anyone can agree that the first gulf war launched by President George Herbert Walker Bush was right & just. This was was about freeing Kuwait, and preventing a dictator from controlling 60% of the worlds oil reserves.

Then US Senator David Boren voted against the first gulf war.

Says a lot about Senator Boren.
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Mannix, Claremore (10/29/2009 11:20:48 PM)
Few Clothes: Most of those "czars" you mention are merely the labeling of someone in a senior advisory position. They recommend, they don't enact.

borninKenya: It breaks my heart to think there are really people like you out there polluting my great party. Whenever people ask me what happened to the Republicans, I point out people like you, who seem to think in terms of what they're against instead of what they're for.
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Mannix, Claremore (10/29/2009 11:22:54 PM)
Lance-a-lot said at 1:46:22 PM:

> I wonder how his boy Dan feels about this?

Depends on who's paying him the most for his feelings. Dan Boren is one of the finest politicians money can buy.
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Arbythree, Tulsa (10/28/2009 12:50:20 PM)
This is excellent. Senator Boren has a great deal of expertise in this regard.
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Arbythree, Tulsa (10/28/2009 1:21:38 PM)
Mar, Obama also appointed Chuck Hagel, former REPUBLICAN Senator from Nebraska. What is your point now????
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Bball Fan, (10/28/2009 12:57:39 PM)
I agree, Arbythree!!
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007, Tulsa (10/28/2009 7:04:54 PM)
You Go Governor,Senator, OU President Boren.
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hardball, (10/29/2009 10:09:09 AM)
Great post Few clothes.
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theoldschool, (10/28/2009 4:23:26 PM)
Hmm, part time advisory role to one of the most important avenues of government...INTELLIGENCE. And he remains at the helm at OU. Don't mind the guy, or the University of Oklahoma. Just wondering if he will be reviewing intelligence issues in between pressing campus matters like monitoring Greek parties, fending off faculty salary gripes and deciding which restaurant deserves a contract in the Student Union. I know it has always been a part time role, so I guess I am wondering this about everyone who has served. How does a guy sitting in Oklahoma, who runs a major university as CEO...have time for that and time to review and advise on national security and intelligence issues? Weird.

OH, and I doubt it is too "objective." He is going to advise in the way he believes is best, but he'd never show up his son. His advice will be spot-on to what will keep his son in office.
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RLG3RD, Broken Arrow (10/28/2009 8:48:08 PM)
Ignatz , you might try that yourself sometime.
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