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More than 250 former staffers in the Obama administration and campaign workers for the Obama-Biden ticket sent a letter to their former bosses on Tuesday demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and calling for the U.S. to end its staunch support of Israel.
Rumana Ahmed, who worked in the White House for six years when Obama was president, with her last role as senior adviser to the deputy national security adviser, told HuffPost that many of the signatories feel betrayed by their former bosses.“So many of us have given our careers and spent so many years working for them,” said Ahmed, who also served on the the transition team after Biden and running mate Kamala Harris won the 2020 election.
“Speaking out against institutions of power, especially if you come from those institutions, takes a lot of courage,” said Valentina Pereda, the 2015 deputy director of Hispanic media at the White House and one of the authors of the letter.“A lot of people are putting a lot of our personal lives or financial lives on the line to speak out on this, but what I want people to understand is that, no matter what, you have to have the courage to speak up, no matter how uncomfortable,” Pereda added.
“It’s very hard for me to understand how we can continue, as a government policy, to allow this when we have the ability to do something,” she added.for Biden’s reelection that was attended by several Hollywood celebrities.As of Tuesday, former President Donald Trump was ahead of Biden in polls in seven battleground states.
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