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Obama To Military: Transparency Provides Check On "Unfettered Executive Power"
RCP Video ^ | 12-6-2016 | Ian Schwartz

Posted on 12/07/2016 4:09:28 AM PST by Sir Napsalot

President Obama delivers his final military speech to members of the military and public Tuesday afternoon in Tampa, Florida.

"Let my final words to you as your Commander-in-Chief be a reminder of what it is that you’re fighting for, what it is that we are fighting for," he said.

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PRESIDENT OBAMA: " Number five, transparency and accountability serve our national security not just in times of peace, but, more importantly, in times of conflict. ..........

And yesterday, I directed our government for the first time to release a full description of the legal and policy frameworks that guide our military operations around the world.

This public information allows for a more informed public debate, and it provides a potential check on unfettered executive power. The power of the presidency is awesome, but it is supposed to be bound by you, our citizens. (Applause.) But here’s the thing: That information doesn’t mean anything, it doesn’t work if the people’s representatives in Congress don’t do their jobs, if they’re not paying attention. (emphasis mine)


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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: transparency
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Proof positive that this POS fully live in his own fantasy NARRATIVE.

That he believed no other previous presidents EVER had a legal policy framework is beyond even the most incredulous falsehood that he ever uttered so far.

There is absolutely no connection between his brains/eyes and his mouth.

1 posted on 12/07/2016 4:09:28 AM PST by Sir Napsalot
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To: Sir Napsalot

Obama the cryptoMoslem — who gave up his US citizenship
and was protected by the House of Saud, Harvard,
and the Pizzagate Murderers/Rapists — will give up
ALL US assets/info to the Islamic terrorists (his friends)
this month (as before).


2 posted on 12/07/2016 4:12:02 AM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Sir Napsalot

Wow. Why didn’t he release this 7 years ago?


3 posted on 12/07/2016 4:12:41 AM PST by petitfour (Americans need to repent.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

To Obama it is progress to give the enemy every opportunity to kill our sons and daughters, who have to wait for permission to load their weapons. What a legend in his own mind.


4 posted on 12/07/2016 4:12:53 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Sir Napsalot

Would release of the policies help our enemies by knowing in advance how we will react to attack?


5 posted on 12/07/2016 4:13:17 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: Sir Napsalot

44 days to go.


6 posted on 12/07/2016 4:16:39 AM PST by Blennos ( As)
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To: Blennos

I haven’t reached a personal conclusion about this yet, but am wondering what people think about whether it would have been better or worse for the nation if Hillary had won in 2008.


7 posted on 12/07/2016 4:26:19 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: petitfour

Some transparency on the crimes of the GITMO terrorists he has released who have killed again might be interesting


8 posted on 12/07/2016 4:27:25 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Sir Napsalot

44 days...already irrelevant!


9 posted on 12/07/2016 4:29:09 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: silverleaf

Yes. And where they are now.


10 posted on 12/07/2016 4:29:16 AM PST by petitfour (Americans need to repent.)
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To: Sir Napsalot
OBAMA: "Let my final words to you as your Commander-in-Chief...

The One loves his applause lines. I'd have obliged him.

11 posted on 12/07/2016 4:30:55 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: wastoute

It is going to be a long 44 days


12 posted on 12/07/2016 4:50:42 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: Sir Napsalot

He is an imbecile.


13 posted on 12/07/2016 4:54:16 AM PST by Lumper20 (Muslims, Latinos, Asians etc. Assimilate means learn English plus OUR WAYS!)
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To: riverrunner

Interminably long...


14 posted on 12/07/2016 4:55:45 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

the legal and policy frameworks that guide our military operations around the world....

Is called the US Constitution
Someday he ought to read it


15 posted on 12/07/2016 4:58:25 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Sir Napsalot

That he only releases it as he is leaving is a very passive-aggressive obnoxious act.


16 posted on 12/07/2016 4:59:42 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: silverleaf

I recall Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College and Air War College teaching me all about our warfighting policies and such, and none of it was classified. Not sure what the heck he’s talking about.


17 posted on 12/07/2016 5:14:09 AM PST by jagusafr
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To: Sir Napsalot

Except for those ass kissers he put in power positions , the military hates this jive ass punks guts.


18 posted on 12/07/2016 5:20:21 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Her ass belongs in prison.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

What a terrible joke on America this scumbag is.


19 posted on 12/07/2016 5:21:02 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: Sir Napsalot

What a joke. This guy must have zero conscience to lecture about transparency when he hid and lied about nearly everything. TPP, the Iran money, Obamacare, the list is enormous. He is a lying liar who lies.


20 posted on 12/07/2016 5:30:26 AM PST by rhett october
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