From today’s Post: White House spokeswoman Dana Perino revealed on NPR this weekend that
During a White House briefing, a reporter referred to the Cuban Missile Crisis — and she didn’t know what it was.
“I was panicked a bit because I really don’t know about . . . the Cuban Missile Crisis,” said Perino, who at 35 was born about a decade after the 1962 U.S.-Soviet nuclear showdown. “It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I’m pretty sure.”
So she consulted her best source. “I came home and I asked my husband,” she recalled. “I said, ‘Wasn’t that like the Bay of Pigs thing?’ And he said, ‘Oh, Dana.’ “
…Shows the relevance of IR theory– had she been in my class, she would have read Essence of Decision!
…I guess she’s not a fan of Kevin Costner movies…
…Don’t know much about History. Don’t know much about Science Books, don’t like the French I took…
…How do you think they got Pigs in space? One of the missiles went horribly awry…
Readers are invited to come up with more “Oh Dana’s” in the comment section.
Dr. Peter Howard focuses on US foreign policy and international security. He studies how the implementation of foreign policy programs produces rule-based regional security regimes, conducting research in Estonia on NATO Expansion and US Military Exchange programs and South Korea on nuclear negotiations with North Korea.
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