WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jane Harman (D-California) announced on Tuesday that she plans to resign her congressional seat to become the head of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama responded:
“Through nearly two decades in Congress, Jane Harman has been a champion of our national security, from standing up for our brave men and women in uniform to reforming our intelligence community after the 9/11 attacks. Michelle and I congratulate her on taking the next step in her career at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where she will continue to advance the policies we’ll need to keep America strong and prosperous. We will miss her passionate voice in Congress and we join the people of California in thanking her for her many years of service.”
Harman’s departure leaves 26 other members of the Jewish community in the House of Representatives. There are 13 Jews in the U.S. Senate.
Jane Harman may be getting herself into hot water by joining the Wilson Center which already has numerous problems.
Claudia Rosett takes the Wilson Center to task (“What Kind of Washington Fools Would Honor Turkey’s Foreign Minister?”):
http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/what-kind-of-washington-fools-would-honor-turkeys-foreign-minister/
http://www.countercurrents.org/boyajian060510.htm
A scathing letter written by Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY) to his former colleague, Lee Hamilton, due to the WWC’s giving an undeserved award to the Turkish Foreign Minister in June:
http://ackerman.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=186§iontree=4,186&itemid=1029
“The Selling of the Woodrow Wilson Center” (October 2010):
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/10/02/the-selling-of-the-woodrow-wilson-center/all/1
“The Woodrow Wilson Center Desecrates its Namesake’s Legacy and Violates its Congressional Mandate” (May 2010):
A Wilson family descendant, Donald Wilson Bush, blasts the Wilson Center – (“Pawn for the Wrong President”):
http://keghart.com/DWBush_Pawn