Reply #16: A bit more background. Oh, **gag** [View All]

[txindy]

The sorority stuff is rather sickening. The rest is interesting, though.

Her brother-in-law, Lewis Lucke, served as the head of U.S. development assistance in Iraq before becoming ambassador to Swaziland.

She is an alumnae of Alpha Phi International Fraternity, whose stated mission is "The objectives of our Fraternity are the promotion of growth in character; unity of feeling, sisterly affection, and social communion among our members. In all that we do, we try to obey God’s principles of justice and right. We have banded ourselves together to improve our minds and hearts, and we seek to aid each other through a constant watchcare always given in love. We believe ourselves to be sincere searchers for truth.

We seek the highest ideal of womanhood, and we try to gain this ideal by cultivating not only the power and passion for seeking intellectual development but, also, the spirit of love and charity. And we who are thus united are under a solemn pledge to lend a helping hand to one another."

There have been questions about her handling of her diplomatic post, with reports of delays getting visas because of the embassy in Switzerland closing for long periods of time.

http://edwardcopeland.blogspot.com/

Problems with her diplomatic post: http://whirledview.typepad.com/whirledview/2005/06/hello_is_the_us.html

More on Lewis Lucke: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/34328.htm

Adding: And, oh, cr@p, she's a Longhorn. Which I'm immediately wiping from my memory.... Where'd she go to college? :shrug: See, it worked!