Collier and D. Horowitz,
The Rockefellers An American Dynasty
, Holt, RinehartWinston, 1976, pp. 246-247).
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The Christian Science Monitor
indicates the fantastic power the C.F.R. has hadduring the last six administrations (before Mr. Reagan's second term): "Almosthalf of the Council members have been invited to assume official government positions or to act as consultants at one time or another." The policies promoted by the C.F.R. in the fields of defense and international relations become, with aregularity which defies the laws of chance, the official policies of the UnitedStates Government. (Abraham, pp. 94-95).
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The CFR dominated President Kennedy's State Department, his Cabinet, andSecretary of State Dean Rusk's staff. Anthony Lukas of the New York Timesreported: "Of the first 82 names on a list prepared to help President Kennedy staff his State Department, 63 were Council members. Kennedy once complained, 'I'dlike to have some new faces here, but all I get is the same old names.' (James W.Wardner,
The Planned Destruction of America
, P.O. Box 163141, AltamonteSprings, Florida 32716-3141; 407-865-9722 , p. 60)
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President Nixon appointed 110 CFR members to the highest un-elected offices inthe land. (Wardner,
op. cit
., p. 59)
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President Carter appointed more than 70 men from the CFR and over 20 membersof the Trilateral Commission (TC) to the highest unelected offices of government.(Wardner,
op. cit
., p. 58)
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President Reagan appointed over 80 individuals to his administration who weremembers of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, or both. Note especially his running mate, Trilateralist George Bush. Reagan appointed tothe highest offices in government: 64 CFR members, 6 Trilateral members, 6 bothCFR and Trilateral members, and 5 former members of the TrilateralCommission. (Wardner,
op. cit
., p. 56.)
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Most of President Clinton's first term cabinet officers were CFR membersincluding Secretary of State, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, National Security Advisor, Deputy National Security Advisor, CIA Director,Chairman of the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Secretary of Treasury,Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Health and Human Services,Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of the Interior, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian andPacific Affairs, Aid Coordinator to the Commonwealth of Independent States,Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (Madeleine Albrightwho was responsible for foreign policy legislation during the Carter years and wasDirector of the world-government-promoting Atlantic Council, now Secretary of State under Clinton.) (Wardner,
op. cit
., pp. 51-52.)
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Dr. James W. Wardner in his well-documented book lists the following:
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Of the eighteen secretaries of the treasury since 1921, twelve have beenmembers of the CFR.
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Of the sixteen secretaries of state, twelve have been CFR members (four have been presidents of Rockefeller Foundation).
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