Obama declares National Emergency and issues E.O. against Russian assets

[Littlejoe]

On June 25, President Barack Obama issued a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the President of the Senate stating that under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, he was declaring a National Emergency due to actions incurred with Russia, and the Russian Federation. The submitted letter provides a declaration to Congress of the President signing Executive Order (E.O.) 13159, and its immediate implementation.

Under this National Emergency and Executive Order, the United States is seizing assets and property owned or managed by the Russian Federation relating to nuclear items and programs tied to Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU).

Pursuant to section 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. 1703(b), I hereby report that I have exercised my authority to declare a national emergency to deal with the threat posed to the United States by the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation in the Russian Federation of a large volume of weapons-usable fissile material.

The United States and the Russian Federation had entered into a series of agreements that provide for the conversion of highly enriched uranium (HEU) extracted from Russian nuclear weapons into low enriched uranium (LEU) for use in commercial nuclear reactors. There were concerns that payments due to the Russian Federation under these agreements may be subject to attachment, garnishment, or other
judicial process, in the United States, which could put implementation of such agreements at risk. In Executive Order 13159, the President therefore ordered blocked all property and interests in property of the Government of the Russian Federation directly related to the implementation of the HEU Agreements so that it would be protected from the threat of attachment, garnishment, or other judicial process. - White House.gov

Obama declares National Emergency and issues E.O. against Russian assets - National Finance Examiner | Examiner.com

[WKUHilltopper]

Act of war!

This is going to shape up to be the biggest threat of war since the Cuban Missile Crisis--if this is true.

[Sean Osborne]

The concluding paragraphs of the report are also important. Underlining for emphasis.

The ramifications of this Executive Order, along with portions that remain classified from the public, have vast consequences for the American people. Earlier this year, President Obama updated and signed several Executive Orders that deal with the complete control and confiscation of U.S. assets, infrastructure, and manpower in the case of a declared National Emergency. As of yesterday, that National Emergency has been invoked, opening the door for any number of policies to be enacted by the President going forward.

Additionally, this action against Russia and the Russian Federation could have massive consequences for America in regards to foreign policy, and even a potential act of war should Russia see fit to perceive Obama's actions as such. With NATO and Russia both rattling sabers in the region of Syria, the possible threat of a global conflict increased with this new asset confiscation order.

Events in the Middle East, along with regime changes in Egypt, Libya, and a number of Arab states, are engulfing Russia, Europe, and the United States into a potential global conflict that could quickly grow into something not seen in 68 years. With President Obama declaring a state of National Emergency, and imposing a new asset seizure on properties owned or controlled by the Russian Federation, the ramifications for war on several fronts, along with the potential of liberties and freedoms lost to the American people has increased to dangerous levels.

This is not good with the most important election in recently history roughly four months away.

What next? Anything is possible.

[ForgivenOne]

Executive Order--Russian Highly Enriched Uranium | The White House


Full Text of the Executive Order:

Executive Order--Russian Highly Enriched Uranium

EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM EXTRACTED FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, in view of the policies underlying Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, and Executive Order 13085 of May 26, 1998, and the restrictions put in place pursuant to Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000, find that the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of a large volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation continues to constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order:

Section 1. A major national security goal of the United States is to ensure that fissile material removed from Russian nuclear weapons pursuant to various arms control and disarmament agreements is dedicated to peaceful uses, subject to transparency measures, and protected from diversion to activities of proliferation concern. As reflected in Executive Order 13085, the full implementation of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Concerning the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons, dated February 18, 1993, and related contracts and agreements (collectively, the "HEU Agreements") is essential to the attainment of this goal. The HEU Agreements provide for the conversion of approximately 500 metric tons of highly enriched uranium contained in Russian nuclear weapons into low-enriched uranium for use as fuel in commercial nuclear reactors. In furtherance of our national security goals, all heads of departments and agencies of the United States Government shall continue to take all appropriate measures within their authority to further the full implementation of the HEU Agreements.

Sec. 2. Government of the Russian Federation assets directly related to the implementation of the HEU Agreements currently may be subject to attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process, thereby jeopardizing the full implementation of the HEU Agreements to the detriment of U.S. foreign policy. In order to ensure the preservation and proper and complete transfer to the Government of the Russian Federation of all payments due to it under the HEU Agreements, and except to the extent provided in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, or that were issued pursuant to Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000, all property and interests in property of the Government of the Russian Federation directly related to the implementation of the HEU Agreements that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States persons, including any foreign branch, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in. Unless licensed or authorized pursuant to this order, or Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000, any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process is null and void with respect to any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to this order.

Sec. 3. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

Sec. 4. For the purposes of this order:

(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;

(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization;

(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States; and

(d) the term "Government of the Russian Federation" means the Government of the Russian Federation, any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, and any person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, the Government of the Russian Federation.

Sec. 5. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and, as appropriate, other agencies, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their statutory authority to carry out the provisions of this order.

(b) Nothing contained in this order shall relieve a person from any requirement to obtain a license or other authorization from any department or agency of the United States Government in compliance with applicable laws and regulations subject to the jurisdiction of the department or agency.

Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit the recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).

Sec. 7. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 25, 2012.

[Littlejoe]

A massive world war is not to far off !! I have felt for the last 10,12 months that Obama sometime before the elections would start this war.For one to cancel the presidential elections,and two to bring the U.S down and create martial law!We are sitting on a powder keg.And the world is just to busy with wo wins american idol,sinning and having fun as we approach a world war..I have said many times,but Obama will be the last American President..

[ForgivenOne]

The way I read paragraph 2 is that Washington isn't seizing the assets from Russia; they are seizing the assets that come into the US, or go through the US to ensure that they go to Russia for reduction as required by the agreements. Maybe I'm reading it wrong?

[WKUHilltopper]

The way I read paragraph 2 is that Washington isn't seizing the assets from Russia; they are seizing the assets that come into the US, or go through the US to ensure that they go to Russia for reduction as required by the agreements. Maybe I'm reading it wrong?

The thing is, he's declared a "national emergency" which means, per their little executive orders--they can seize anything and everything they deem. They can invoke martial law with no problems under the guise of "national emergency". They can take the trucking industry, shipping, freight, food distribution--the entire economy for that matter. Can kill the election--all for your protection and because of a 'national emergency', of course.

What next? Anything is possible.

For you to make this statement--is unnerving (I'm not scared, but just on 'high alert')...because I think you've got your finger on the pulse.

[Everlasting Life]

This, in conjuction with activities in the Middle East may have also played a part in the President's actions. This article indicates to me that Russian is flirting with the idea of stretching it's boundaries towards Canada and America....to say the very least. Russia has been quietly and consistently trying to place it'self close to our borders through South American proxies and Alaska, it seems they wish to be a very close threat to us...almost right at our very doors so to speak. Certainly a time for prayer and petitions to our Father in Heaven!


The Bear at the Door | Washington Free Beacon

Russian strategic nuclear bombers threatened U.S. airspace near Alaska earlier this month and F-15 jets responded by intercepting the aircraft taking part in large-scale arctic war games, according to defense officials.

The Russian war games began the same day President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a frosty summit meeting in Mexico June 18.

U.S. officials said the arctic exercises over the Russian Far East and Pacific appeared to be a further sign of Russia’s hardening posture toward the United States.

The Obama administration made no protest of the bomber intrusions, according to the officials, in line with its conciliatory “reset” policy of seeking warmer ties with Moscow.

About 30 strategic nuclear bombers and support aircraft took part in the war games that continued through June 25. The aircraft included Tu-95MS Bear H and Tu-160 Blackjack nuclear-capable bombers, along with Il-76 refueling tankers, A-50 airborne warning and control aircraft, and Su-27 and MiG-31 jet fighters. Some 200 troops also took part in the Russian Strategic Aviation forces exercise.

A spokesman for the joint U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense command in Colorado Springs, which monitors air defense intrusions, had no immediate comment. A Pentagon spokesman declined to comment.

U.S. and Canadian F-15 and F-16 jets were involved in the intercepts that took place near the Air Identification Zone surrounding Alaskan airspace over the northern Pacific.

The exercises are part of increasingly aggressive Russian military activities in the arctic region in both the eastern and western hemispheres, which have created security worries among governments in northern Europe and Canada.

One official said the failure to publicize the threatening bomber maneuvers might have been related to Obama’s overheard promise in March to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev of “more flexibility.”

According to the defense officials, the arctic bomber exercises are part of Russian efforts to assert control over vast areas of the arctic circle that are said to contain large mineral and oil deposits.

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, a former Alaska North American Aerospace Defense commander, said the Russian exercises should be a concern.

“The Russians continue to exercise our air defense identification zone, which shows Mr. Putin loves to let President Obama know that they still have global capability,” McInerney said in an interview. “So much for reset.”

McInerney also said the Obama administration kept the encounter between the bombers and U.S. fighters secret because “they obviously don’t want the world to know that the exercise was done deliberately to coincide with the Obama-Putin summit.”

There's quite a bit more to this article......

[daygo]

I really feel for america, you are coming to the stage of no return, could obama use these things to stay in power.

[BrotherKev]

Heh, one day closer to hearing, "Come up hither."

[WKUHilltopper]

Heh, one day closer to hearing, "Come up hither."

In one form or another...

[This]

Interesting!! Gay Pride Month in the Pentagon and now this. JUST AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH.

Now we have a National Emergency, against the Russians no less.

My memory just slipped. Could anyone remind me how many days warning Noah was given to load the ark before the Sudden Destruction came? Kidding....or am I?

[Kenny64]

A massive world war is not to far off !! I have felt for the last 10,12 months that Obama sometime before the elections would start this war.For one to cancel the presidential elections,and two to bring the U.S down and create martial law!We are sitting on a powder keg.And the world is just to busy with wo wins american idol,sinning and having fun as we approach a world war..I have said many times,but Obama will be the last American President..

Yep, I posted information related to this a few months ago. (Some here blew me Off)
Yes, martial law is quite possible and maybe inevitable.

[Sean Osborne]

For you to make this statement--is unnerving (I'm not scared, but just on 'high alert')...because I think you've got your finger on the pulse.

Me too, high alert, hooah, roger that!

This comes on the heels of the not-so-amicable face time in Mexico between Commie Zero and Commie Gog. When a pair of long-time Commies find it difficult to say "we can get along;" when they are both photographed sitting side-by-side by the global media sporting something longer than a horses face; when their regional alliances in the Middle East are at loggerheads and overt threats of military force are tossed out like Bubblicious or Bazooka gum and Lolliepops at a Fourth of July parade; as they are with respect to both the Syrian civil war, the Iranian nuclear issue and the US/NATO anti-ballistic missile sites in Europe issue --- well, to put it mildly, the hairs on the back of my neck, which I routinely shave along with the rest of my old soldier chrome-dome noggin, are standing on end. Those hairs are extremely short, all but invisible to the human eye, but they're standing at attention nevertheless.

For perspective, I remember as an 8-year old ducking under my elementary school desk during the daily civil defense drills of October 1962; I remember the scare of potential US vs. USSR nuclear war during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and given all of the variables at play right now I do not have anything close to the "warm and fuzzies" about this situation at all.

If I really do have a finger on the pulse then the patient needs the paddles charged and somebody to yell "clear!"

[Keeplookinup]

In my naivete, I used to think that the Rapture would happen BEFORE a real, deep, devastating crisis would happen. I no longer feel that way. We are already hitting lots of horrible air pockets on this ride and I think the turbulance is going to continue to get a WHOLE lot worse before we are whisked away to safety. I continue to pray "Maranatha!"

[Meg]

In my naivete, I used to think that the Rapture would happen BEFORE a real, deep, devastating crisis would happen. I no longer feel that way. We are already hitting lots of horrible air pockets on this ride and I think the turbulance is going to continue to get a WHOLE lot worse before we are whisked away to safety. I continue to pray "Maranatha!"

A lot of people thought that, Sue, and I still think that was because of the very poorly imagined Left Behind fiction. In Hebrews, we were warned that the Lord would shake the Heavens and the Earth, so all that remains is what cannot be shaken. In prayer over the Colo wildfires, I think -- I hope, I am getting an idea of why. Robert talks about God shaking humanity out of their assumption that they can do perfectly well without God. It seems to me that God is removing the idea of self sufficiency, in order to reach as many people as possible before the Rapture. This sounds cruel to our human understanding, but thats not accurate. Having been through very serious issues that were impossible to deal with apart from the Lord, I learned that what seems cruel and unfair at the glance is a process that creates a dependency on the Lord that leads to a profound development of faith that can be achieved in no other way. You see, comfortable people don't need answers, they already have everything they need from their own efforts. It is only when we cannot meet our own needs apart from God that we get serious about seeking Him. When we do get serious though, thats when we start having these truly profound encounters with the Living Jesus Christ, and thats when we start to know Him as the Individual He is, and so step beyond religious theory and into facts of genuine faith. That is the paradox of suffering. It is very real and very profound, as I think you can attest by now yourself, Sue.

[Keeplookinup]

A lot of people thought that, Sue, and I still think that was because of the very poorly imagined Left Behind fiction. In Hebrews, we were warned that the Lord would shake the Heavens and the Earth, so all that remains is what cannot be shaken. In prayer over the Colo wildfires, I think -- I hope, I am getting an idea of why. Robert talks about God shaking humanity out of their assumption that they can do perfectly well without God. It seems to me that God is removing the idea of self sufficiency, in order to reach as many people as possible before the Rapture. This sounds cruel to our human understanding, but thats not accurate. Having been through very serious issues that were impossible to deal with apart from the Lord, I learned that what seems cruel and unfair at the glance is a process that creates a dependency on the Lord that leads to a profound development of faith that can be achieved in no other way. You see, comfortable people don't need answers, they already have everything they need from their own efforts. It is only when we cannot meet our own needs apart from God that we get serious about seeking Him. When we do get serious though, thats when we start having these truly profound encounters with the Living Jesus Christ, and thats when we start to know Him as the Individual He is, and so step beyond religious theory and into facts of genuine faith. That is the paradox of suffering. It is very real and very profound, as I think you can attest by now yourself, Sue.

Yes, my dear Meg, you are so correct. I am learning painful lessons each and every day about truly leaning on Him. I don't always understand what that LOOKS LIKE in the natural. I think I am leaning on Him, yet perhaps if I truly was then I wouldn't feel so stressed out about how I am going to pay the bills every month. Perhaps I wouldn't feel so exhausted and stressed from working a job for minimal pay that sucks out my very soul at times. I am thankful to have a job! Truly I am. But there is a much bigger picture at work here and I am reminded of that every single day now it seems.

[Meg]

Yes, my dear Meg, you are so correct. I am learning painful lessons each and every day about truly leaning on Him. I don't always understand what that LOOKS LIKE in the natural. I think I am leaning on Him, yet perhaps if I truly was then I wouldn't feel so stressed out about how I am going to pay the bills every month. Perhaps I wouldn't feel so exhausted and stressed from working a job for minimal pay that sucks out my very soul at times. I am thankful to have a job! Truly I am. But there is a much bigger picture at work here and I am reminded of that every single day now it seems.

Sue, I honestly believe you are leaning on the Lord, and I can relate to how you feel. I have been there many times, and I have been in absolute despair even though I was doing my best to hang onto my faith. You have a right to feel, goodness, if you didn't, you'd be in denial or worse! I am struggling to find words here...

Real Christians do have feelings of doubt, despair, grief etc. What makes us different is we remain in prayer, for strength, for answers, for courage etc, we look to God Himself for the courage to handle the impossible. They don't like to preach that in American churches, and that makes it all the harder to cope when things don't go the "happily ever after" route. Stand firm, Sue, you're going to make it, because Jesus Christ is faithful. If everything just came easy, I guess those words wouldn't mean much, now would they...

[MikeD]

What gets me the most concerning this Executive Order by our Commander in Chief, there is not a single thing about this in what you'd call the Main Street Media; or, at least none that I can fine at this time. Meaning, most people across this country, unless they're hooked up to the Internet, has yet to hear a single word concerning this. This is the part that scares me; people not paying attention to what's really going on!

Personal side note: I burnt my biscuts reading this part here and typing up my "discent". I blame YOU Matt5:1! Have to eat hockey pucks for breakfast. Oh, what is this world coming to???

[Carl]

Main steet media/george seros/one world government? They have a different and silent to the masses drum to march to.