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Grins

(7,205 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 03:42 PM Apr 2020

Q?: Why has the media not interviewed Admiral Tim Ziemer?

He was the head of the National Security Council’s office for global health security, in the White House - until Trump fired him in May of 2018.

Lots of talk and print about Trump and that firing, but I have yet to see him interviewed on 60-Minutes, CNN, MSNBC, NY Times, Washington Post, Meet the Press, Face the Nation, etc. *

So why..?

* Gee. I left out Fox. For obvious reasons.

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Q?: Why has the media not interviewed Admiral Tim Ziemer? (Original Post) Grins Apr 2020 OP
He was head of World Relief exboyfil Apr 2020 #1
Interesting article about Admiral Ziemer, from when he was head of Pres. Obama's Tanuki Apr 2020 #2

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
1. He was head of World Relief
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 03:58 PM
Apr 2020

An Evangelical Christian aid site. He probably agrees politically with the GOP. He was previously a Bush II appointee. Maybe his primary goal is to get that 6th GOP Supreme Court justice seated and take away reproductive rights.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
2. Interesting article about Admiral Ziemer, from when he was head of Pres. Obama's
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 04:34 PM
Apr 2020

malaria initiative.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/science/a-quiet-approach-to-bringing-down-malaria.amp.html

..."The moment illustrates how this 67-year-old retired Navy flier who is the coordinator of the President’s Malaria Initiative gets things done: on the ground, with little cash and less fanfare, in faraway African and Asian villages.

Although he does nothing to court publicity in status-obsessed Washington, many malaria fighters call him one of the most quietly effective leaders in public health.

“All the organizations fighting malaria work more closely than they did eight years ago,” said Ray Chambers, the private equity investor and co-founder of Malaria No Morewho is now the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Malaria. “I think that’s due in no small part to Tim and his personality. He’s not seeking individual credit and he works for the team — but his trains run on time.”...(more)



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