Political Quotes

“Madam President, on June 27, 2014, an email was sent to an individual who works with Iran's Foreign Ministry. The sender of that email was seeking advice on whether she should attend a workshop on Iran's nuclear program hosted by Ben-Gurion University in Israel. The sender wrote: I am not interested in going, but then I thought maybe it would be better that I go and talk, rather than an Israeli like Emily Landau who goes and disseminates disinformation. I would like to ask your opinion, too, and see if you think I should accept the invitation and go. In a normal world, we would chalk this up to an academic seeking politically charged advice from a mentor. But I became concerned when I learned that this individual who wrote that email, who was actively seeking guidance from individuals within the Iranian Foreign Ministry, now has a U.S. Government Top Secret clearance and works within our Defense Department as the Chief of Staff for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict. Just to be sure we are following this, this is a U.S. citizen who wrote to someone inside Iran's Foreign Ministry to seek advice on going to a conference in Israel and speaking at that so that they would speak instead of someone who was pro-Israel. They were asking their advice. Well, this individual is Miss Ariane Tabatabai, and that email was not the last one that she sent to her friend who was there in Iran's Foreign Ministry.…”