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| − | '''Benjamin J. "Ben" Rhodes''' (born 1977) is a former Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting in the Obama [[White House]]. Rhodes was [[National Security Advisor]] [[Susan Rice]]'s deputy. He also served as Advisor on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran. He served as Obama's foreign policy speechwriter from 2007 until the end of Obama's presidency. His brother, David Rhodes, is President of [[CBS News]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Brian Steinberg |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/david-rhodes-to-take-over-cbs-news-as-jeff-fager-steps-down-1201361291/ |title=David Rhodes To Take Over CBS News As Jeff Fager Steps Down |work=Variety |date=November 20, 2014 |accessdate=May 29, 2015}}</ref> | + | '''Benjamin J. "Ben" Rhodes''' (born 1977) is a former Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting in the Obama [[White House]]. Rhodes was [[National Security Advisor]] [[Susan Rice]]'s deputy. He also served as Advisor on the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]] with [[Iran]]. He served as [[Obama]]'s [[foreign policy]] speechwriter from 2007 until the end of Obama's presidency. His brother, David Rhodes, is President of [[CBS News]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Brian Steinberg |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/david-rhodes-to-take-over-cbs-news-as-jeff-fager-steps-down-1201361291/ |title=David Rhodes To Take Over CBS News As Jeff Fager Steps Down |work=Variety |date=November 20, 2014 |accessdate=May 29, 2015}}</ref> |
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| | Rhodes is implicated in the [[Obamagate]] domestic spying corruption scandal. | | Rhodes is implicated in the [[Obamagate]] domestic spying corruption scandal. |
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| − | Rhodes told ''[[The New York Times]]'' that the "Washington view of Israel-Palestine is still shaped by the donor class,"<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/magazine/battle-over-bds-israel-palestinians-antisemitism.html</ref> or in more common language, "It's all about the Benjamins baby." | + | Rhodes told ''[[The New York Times]]'' that the "[[Washington, D.C.|Washington's]] view of [[Israel]]-[[Palestine]] is still shaped by the donor class,"<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/magazine/battle-over-bds-israel-palestinians-antisemitism.html</ref> or in more common language, "It's all about the Benjamins baby." |
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| − | Rhodes is a rabid [[Russophobic]] [[xenophobe]]. Rhodes called the [[Biden-Burisma]] scandal "Russian propaganda". | + | Rhodes is a rabid [[Russophobic]] [[xenophobe]]. Rhodes called the [[Biden-Burisma]] scandal "[[Russian]] [[propaganda]]". |
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| − | *[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/biden-foreign-policy-world-rhodes A Foreign Policy for the World as It Is], By Ben Rhodes, July/August 2024 Published on June 18, 2024 | + | *[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/biden-foreign-policy-world-rhodes A Foreign Policy for the World as It Is], By Ben Rhodes, July/August 2024 Published on June 18, 2024. |
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