We often hear about the Council on Foreign Relations and I always assumed it was a group within our State dept. Especially after Hillary Clinton stated that they directed her on decisions relating to foreign affairs. However, I was shocked to learn that it is really a group of business, financial, and government officials who advise American and world leaders on foreign relations. Their website states that they provide forums and information on important topics of foreign relations to business and government leaders as well as to State and local governments, journalists, and students. It is scary to think that they have such far-flung influence over governments and journalists around the world and that Hillary Clinton, as the head of our State dept. was making decisions based on information from an unelected group outside our government. Judging from the decisions she made while Secretary of State, they are heavily interested in the establishment of one world government and their members include some Republicans as well as many Democrats. It explains why she ordered American security forces to stand down and not go to the defense of our embassy when it was under attack. She would rather sacrifice American personnel than to offend an Arab government. It also explains why she and President Obama continually assured the American people that it was only a peaceful demonstration that got out of hand rather than admit that it was a planned military assault on an American embassy. The assault was made with military grade weapons they brought with them and not with stones and bottles they picked up off the street.