Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokunge adzoka kubva kuIraq, Lippert akashanda semupi wezano mukuru wezvekunze kune imwe nguva-Senator Obama's 2008 mushandirapamwe wemutungamiri wenyika
. Akanga ane mutoro wokuzivisa Obama nezvenyaya dzezvematongerwo enyika dziri kubuda munhandare yose. Akabetsera kugadzirira Obama pamitemo yokunze nokuda kwehurukuro dzomutungamiri wenyika. Lippert akazoshanda semutevedzeri wemutungamiri wezvekunze kweObama-Biden Transition Project.