PJ MEDIA
by Richard Fernandez
March 6, 2015

Today the White House announced the appointment of Robert Malley to replace Phil Gordon as .”Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf Region….[Malley] made his career in Third World issues, was a classmate of Barack Obama, clerked for the Supreme Court, assisted Sandy Berger and worked in foreign policy for the Clinton administration. He also helped found J Street.  Now he leads the formulation of Middle East policy…..Barack Obama is a man on a mission. It’s No More Mr. Nice Guy. The Justice Department announced that it would bring corruption charges against Democratic senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, a man who while perhaps as richly deserving of the attentions of the law as anyone in Washington is also an outspoken opponent of the president’s Iran policy. “Menendez has been one of the top Democratic critics in Congress of the Obama administration’s negotiations and forthcoming deal with Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions….” READ MORE