https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9014525/Republican-Party-presses-ahead-summit-possible-2024-candidates-despite-Donald-Trumps-moves.html

Ronna McDaniel, President Trump's hand-picked head of the Republican National Committee, has invited a bevy of potential 2024 presidential contenders to the party's annual winter meeting next month.

McDaniel who announced in a letter she is seeking a third two-year term and has Trump's support, is putting out the welcome mat even as Trump signals he may run again in 2024 – even while also saying he 'won' the November election, which he calls 'rigged.'

Trump told RNC members at a White House Christmas party this week: 'It’s been an amazing four years. We are trying to do another four years. Otherwise, I’ll see you in four years.'

Among those getting the invite: former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Vice President Mike Pence (who plans to attend), and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, whose state is being ravaged by the coronavirus, Politico reported.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/02/rnc-2024-hopefuls-trump-442302?

Ronna McDaniel was President Donald Trump’s handpicked Republican National Committee chair.

Now, she’s taking steps to show her independence.

McDaniel is inviting roughly a dozen potential 2024 presidential candidates to the RNC's January meeting in Amelia Island, Fla. — the most explicit move she's made yet to show that the committee will be impartial going forward and not simply an extension of Trump’s political machine, even as he openly mulls a comeback bid.

The list of would-be candidates invited to speak includes South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley. Vice President Mike Pence, another potential contender, is planning to attend. Trump is also invited, though spokespersons declined to say whether he’d be going.

https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/new-us-special-operations-site-activated-in-heart-of-the-baltics-1.654032

STUTTGART, Germany — A new special operations site that will allow elite U.S. troops to expand operations in the Baltic region is up and running in the Latvian capital of Riga, military officials said Thursday.

The U.S. contributed $3.7 million to the project through the European Deterrence Initiative, the Pentagon program that funds efforts aimed at preventing Russian aggression on NATO’s eastern flank.

“This project, along with other important European defense initiatives, represents our continued commitment to our friend and ally, Latvia,” Lt. Col. Juan Martinez, a spokesman for Special Operations Command-Europe, said in a statement.

Here comes the Globalists

https://www.cgdev.org/blog/supporting-refugees-will-help-private-sector-recover-covid-19

The vast majority of the world’s 26 million refugees face legal and practical barriers to economic inclusion. These barriers not only affect refugees’ self-reliance and wellbeing, but place significant stress on the overall economy. But, with full access to the labor market, they could contribute more to economic growth, while providing businesses with a larger labor pool and an increased number of suppliers.

Board of Directors

Lawrence H. Summers (Board Chair)

Director of the National Economic Council for the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2011 and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, from 1999 to 2001

Edward Scott (Chair Emeritus)

Founder, BEA Systems, Inc.; Co-Founder and Chair, Center for Global Development; Co-Founder, DATA (Debt, Aid and Trade for Africa); Founder and Chairman, Friends of the Global Fight

Masood Ahmed

President, Center for Global Development

Timothy D. Adams

President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute of International Finance

Q. Munir Alam

Founder, Sentinel Dome Partners

Caroline Atkinson

Former Head of Global Policy, Google; former Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics for President Barack Obama

Afsaneh Beschloss

Founder and CEO, RockCreek

George W. Casey, Jr

Former Chief of Staff of the US Army

Mary-Ann Etiebet

Lead and Executive Director, Merck for Mothers

Tony Fratto

Partner, Hamilton Place Strategies

David F. Gordon

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security

Brad Horwitz

Founder, President and CEO, Trilogy International Partners

Stephen T. Isaacs

Chairman, Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Aduro Biotech

Donald Kaberuka

Former President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, The African Development Bank Group;

John Lipsky

Former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund

Robert McCarthy

Investment Advisor, Spinnaker Capital Group

Edward E. McNally

Partner, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP; former General Counsel, Homeland Security Council

Robert Mosbacher, Jr.

Chairman, Mosbacher Energy Company; Former President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Bobby J. Pittman

Managing Director of Kupanda Capital

Shubhi Rao

Global Finance Executive, Board Member, and Advisor

Smita Singh

Former Special Advisor for Global Affairs and Director, Global Development Program, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Karen Spencer

Founder & CEO, Whole Child International

Toni G. Verstandig

Executive Vice President, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace

Judy Woodruff

Anchor and Managing Editor of the PBS NewsHour