John David Podesta born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY STATES His alleged mother, Mary (née Kokoris), was Greek?, and his alleged father, John David Podesta, Sr., was Italian-American (Sicarii?)
Tony Podesta, a lobbyist, is his brother.
In 1971, he graduated from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he had served as a volunteer for the presidential candidacy of Eugene McCarthy.(An anti-war candidate).
He received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1976.
His political career began in 1972, when he worked for George McGovern's presidential campaign, which lost in 49 states. (Another anti-war candidate)
Podesta held positions on Capitol Hill, including Counselor to Democratic Leader Senator Thomas Daschle.
In 1988, he and his brother Tony co-founded Podesta Associates, Inc., a Washington, D.C., "government relations and public affairs" lobbying firm. Now known as the Podesta Group, the firm "has close ties to the Democratic Party and the Obama administration [and] has been retained by some of the biggest corporations in the country, including Wal-Mart, BP and Lockheed Martin."
UNDER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
Podesta served as both an Assistant to the President and as Deputy Chief of Staff. Earlier, from January 1993 to 1995, he was Assistant to the President, Staff Secretary and a senior policy adviser on government information, privacy, telecommunications security and regulatory policy. In 1998 he became President Clinton's Chief of Staff in the second Clinton Administration and executed the position until the end of Clinton's time in office in January 2001. Podesta encouraged Executive Order 12958 which led to efforts to declassify millions of pages from the U.S. diplomatic and national security history.
In 2003, Podesta founded the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington, D.C., and served as its president and CEO until he stepped down in 2011 (CAP chief operating officer Neera Tanden succeeded Podesta as president and CEO, taking over day-to-day operations).Podesta remained chairman of the non-executive board of directors for a time, and remains on the board today, although not as chairman.
Podesta has taught at his alma mater, Georgetown University Law Center, many times over the years, teaching classes on congressional investigations, law and technology, legislation, copyright and public-interest law. On the Georgetown faculty, Podesta's title is Distinguished Visitor from Practice.
faculty, Podesta's title is Distinguished Visitor from Practice.[19]
From 2002–14, Podesta served as a member of the Constitution Project's bipartisan Liberty and Security Committee.
In 2009, he accompanied former President Bill Clinton to North Korea for negotiations securing the release of two American journalists imprisoned on espionage charges. He can be seen in numerous widely circulated photographs of Clinton meeting with Kim Jong-il
(The "journalists" worked for Al Gore's TV network that he later sold to Al-JAzeera. The entire event seemed like a pretext excuse for Clinton to peddle secrets in exchange for drugs made by North Korea--e.g. methamphetamine. Al Gore was Clinton's vice-president--emphasis on the "vice")
Podesta is described as "a longtime advocate for government disclosure of UFO files."
UN CONNECTION
Podesta is the U.S. representative to the UN High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
The Post-2015 Development Agenda refers to a process led by the United Nations that aims to help define the future GLOBAL development framework #Agenda2030 that will succeed the Millennium Development Goals #Agenda21.
exclusion of women, youth, the aged, disabled persons, and indigenous peoples--#DEPOPULATION TARGETS.
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank and UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa, TO TARGET AFRICA & BLACK PEOPLE FOR GENOCIDE?
environmental sustainability AND population dynamics = DEPOPULATION
odesta has served on the board of directors of Bedford, Massachusetts-based energy company Joule Unlimited since January 2011. He has also served on the board of the Portland, Oregon-based Equilibrium Capital. In 2013, Podesta earned $90,000 as a consultant to the West Chester, Pennsylvania-based HJW Foundation, a nonprofit group led by Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss
THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY STATES His alleged mother, Mary (née Kokoris), was Greek?, and his alleged father, John David Podesta, Sr., was Italian-American (Sicarii?)
Tony Podesta, a lobbyist, is his brother.
In 1971, he graduated from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he had served as a volunteer for the presidential candidacy of Eugene McCarthy.(An anti-war candidate).
He received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1976.
His political career began in 1972, when he worked for George McGovern's presidential campaign, which lost in 49 states. (Another anti-war candidate)
Podesta held positions on Capitol Hill, including Counselor to Democratic Leader Senator Thomas Daschle.
In 1988, he and his brother Tony co-founded Podesta Associates, Inc., a Washington, D.C., "government relations and public affairs" lobbying firm. Now known as the Podesta Group, the firm "has close ties to the Democratic Party and the Obama administration [and] has been retained by some of the biggest corporations in the country, including Wal-Mart, BP and Lockheed Martin."
UNDER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
Podesta served as both an Assistant to the President and as Deputy Chief of Staff. Earlier, from January 1993 to 1995, he was Assistant to the President, Staff Secretary and a senior policy adviser on government information, privacy, telecommunications security and regulatory policy. In 1998 he became President Clinton's Chief of Staff in the second Clinton Administration and executed the position until the end of Clinton's time in office in January 2001. Podesta encouraged Executive Order 12958 which led to efforts to declassify millions of pages from the U.S. diplomatic and national security history.
In 2003, Podesta founded the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington, D.C., and served as its president and CEO until he stepped down in 2011 (CAP chief operating officer Neera Tanden succeeded Podesta as president and CEO, taking over day-to-day operations).Podesta remained chairman of the non-executive board of directors for a time, and remains on the board today, although not as chairman.
Podesta has taught at his alma mater, Georgetown University Law Center, many times over the years, teaching classes on congressional investigations, law and technology, legislation, copyright and public-interest law. On the Georgetown faculty, Podesta's title is Distinguished Visitor from Practice.
faculty, Podesta's title is Distinguished Visitor from Practice.[19]
From 2002–14, Podesta served as a member of the Constitution Project's bipartisan Liberty and Security Committee.
In 2009, he accompanied former President Bill Clinton to North Korea for negotiations securing the release of two American journalists imprisoned on espionage charges. He can be seen in numerous widely circulated photographs of Clinton meeting with Kim Jong-il
(The "journalists" worked for Al Gore's TV network that he later sold to Al-JAzeera. The entire event seemed like a pretext excuse for Clinton to peddle secrets in exchange for drugs made by North Korea--e.g. methamphetamine. Al Gore was Clinton's vice-president--emphasis on the "vice")
Podesta is described as "a longtime advocate for government disclosure of UFO files."
UN CONNECTION
Podesta is the U.S. representative to the UN High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
The Post-2015 Development Agenda refers to a process led by the United Nations that aims to help define the future GLOBAL development framework #Agenda2030 that will succeed the Millennium Development Goals #Agenda21.
exclusion of women, youth, the aged, disabled persons, and indigenous peoples--#DEPOPULATION TARGETS.
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank and UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa, TO TARGET AFRICA & BLACK PEOPLE FOR GENOCIDE?
environmental sustainability AND population dynamics = DEPOPULATION
odesta has served on the board of directors of Bedford, Massachusetts-based energy company Joule Unlimited since January 2011. He has also served on the board of the Portland, Oregon-based Equilibrium Capital. In 2013, Podesta earned $90,000 as a consultant to the West Chester, Pennsylvania-based HJW Foundation, a nonprofit group led by Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss