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Breaking: General John F Kelly has been announced as the new WH Chief of Staff

Posted on 07/28/2017 1:53:39 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

Edited on 07/28/2017 2:05:22 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: RoosterRedux

Who gets the Secretary of DHS job now?

President Trump can appoint an acting secretary of his own choosing.

If he doesn’t appoint someone else, Elain Duke, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, automatically moves up into the slot.

She’s anti-border wall and another Obama holdover.

Although she has been around in the federal government since the Dark Ages and did work in the George Dubya Bush administration.


141 posted on 07/28/2017 3:19:37 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
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The Columbia Bugle‏ @ColumbiaBugle 51m51 minutes ago

Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke will be acting DHS Secretary with Gen. John Kelly becoming the new White House Chief of Staff.

142 posted on 07/28/2017 3:21:47 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: DoodleDawg
You knew this was going to happen, but if Kelly has no way of controlling Scaramucci or Bannon or Jared or Ivanka then he’s getting set up for failure himself

That was one of my first thoughts but I'm sure Kelly knows how to enforce a chain of command and that he got that chain straightened out before he accepted.

143 posted on 07/28/2017 3:22:58 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Good choice..I knew Priebus was behind the leaks so thank U Scaramucci for finding the leaker!!


144 posted on 07/28/2017 3:24:08 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: RoosterRedux

“If you think this war against our way of life is over because some of the self-appointed opinion-makers and chattering class grow ‘war weary,’ because they want to be out of Iraq or Afghanistan, you are mistaken. This enemy is dedicated to our destruction. He will fight us for generations, and the conflict will move through various phases as it has since 9/11.”


145 posted on 07/28/2017 3:24:54 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC.)
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Elaine C. Duke (born 1958) is an American civil servant. On January 30, 2017, she was nominated by President Donald Trump to become the United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security under John F. Kelly. She became acting Secretary of Homeland Security when former secretary Kelly was named White House Chief of Staff on July 28, 2017.

Career

Duke held a consulting practice at Elaine Duke & Associates, LLC in Woodbridge, Virginia.[1]

Duke served as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management at the department under both presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama from July 2008 to April 2010.[2][3][4] She has had more than 28 years of experience with the federal government.[5]

Duke’s nomination received a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 8, 2017.[6] On March 15, 2017 her nomination was reported to the United States Senate.[7] On April 4, 2017 she was confirmed by a vote of 85-14.[8]

After John F. Kelly was named White House Chief of Staff on July 28, 2017, Duke was named Acting Secretary of Homeland Security.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Duke


146 posted on 07/28/2017 3:25:02 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: RoosterRedux

Prince Rebus is gone! Woo hoo!!


147 posted on 07/28/2017 3:25:49 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: bethelgrad

I commanded 5/11 at las Flores, right next to 1st LAR, John Kelly’s battalion ‘93-’94.

Semper Fi


148 posted on 07/28/2017 3:28:49 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: RoosterRedux
Glad Kelly is the choice rather than Scaramucci, as there had been some rumors that Mooch would be the replacement. Priebus was beneficial during the campaign, but he hasn't worked out as COS. Regardless of the circumstances, the Obamacare failures had to be the final nail in the coffin for Reince since he was the main connection to the GOP in Congress.
149 posted on 07/28/2017 3:30:31 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (The U.S. Senate - where American freedom goes to die.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Good decision. Maybe the WH won’t look like amateur hour now.


150 posted on 07/28/2017 3:31:58 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Seems there a lot of moles...this from sara carter a few minutes ago
Sara A. Carter‏Verified account @SaraCarterDC 3m3 minutes ago

Investigating: sources say,"McMaster has been communicating WH internal politics 2 Acting FBI director Andy McCabe." More shake-ups?

151 posted on 07/28/2017 3:33:47 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America. Treat them accordingly.)
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To: KC Burke

Super choice.

I didn’t dislike Priebus. I thought organizationally he was really on top of it. But if he was leaking, as is apparently the case, firing isn’t good enough.

Kelly won’t leak. Hearing they’d like Kobach at DHS, but don’t know if Trump can get ANYONE confirmed with the moron Senate.


152 posted on 07/28/2017 3:35:41 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Uncle Miltie

Almost 15 years ago an Afghan warlord told my son “You have the watch, we have the time.”


153 posted on 07/28/2017 3:36:35 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

Sorry about the presumptiousness but I thought that the term “brass” went out with VJ Day.

The only folks who use it now are some dinosaurs in the media..

You aren’t that old, are you?


154 posted on 07/28/2017 3:38:16 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: LS

“Hearing they’d like Kobach at DHS, but don’t know if Trump can get ANYONE confirmed with the moron Senate.”

It’s war. It’s time to alinsky these traitors in the senate. If they don’t play ball, air their dirty laundry 24/7 on twitter....burn them to the ground.


155 posted on 07/28/2017 3:40:06 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America. Treat them accordingly.)
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To: RoosterRedux

All I can say is “wow!” Priebus is out! I wonder how quickly he’ll turn on Trump?


156 posted on 07/28/2017 3:44:06 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Every Saint has a past, Every Sinner has a Future!)
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To: Fishtalk

There were no leaks because Priebus didn’t know.


157 posted on 07/28/2017 3:46:28 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Chainmail

“Sorry about the presumptiousness but I thought that the term “brass” went out with VJ Day.”

I’ve read and heard the term “brass” when referring to the military my entire life-——and I actually remember V-J day.

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158 posted on 07/28/2017 3:46:35 PM PDT by Mears
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To: mad_as_he$$

This is a multi-hundred-year civilizational struggle. Everyone had better get used to it. And, be prepared to do what is necessary to win.

That includes especially quarantines.

islam is a mental virus. We have to physically isolate it so it can burn itself out. islam always results in horrors for the people it infects; we can’t let it come here in any manner.

Beyond that, we have to excise it from our body politic. On rare occasions, we might be able to gain some immunity, and weaken the cells that are here.

But mainly, islam and civilization are incompatible. We must fight for civilization. Forever. Until that mad mohammedan’s idiocy is stamped from the face of the globe.

Happy Friday!


159 posted on 07/28/2017 3:46:50 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Agreed.

“Happy Friday!”

Back at you my FRiend!


160 posted on 07/28/2017 3:48:34 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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