Posted on 01/03/2019 1:02:10 PM PST by springwater13
The Trump administration is considering Jim Webb, a former Democratic senator and Reagan-era secretary of the Navy, to be the next defense secretary, according to three officials, potentially bypassing more hawkish Republicans whose names have been floated to replace Jim Mattis.
Mr. Webb, an outspoken opponent of the Iraq war, is being considered as President Trump seeks to carry out campaign promises to withdraw American troops from Syria and Afghanistan.
Those two decisions prompted Mr. Mattis to resign late last month, putting the deputy defense secretary, Patrick M. Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, in the top role in an acting capacity.
Representatives for Vice President Mike Pence and Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, have reached out to Mr. Webb, one of the three officials said. Separately, a senior Defense Department official confirmed that Mr. Webb’s name had been circulating at the White House. Those two and the third official all spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the internal discussions.
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No!
Another Dem who thinks he should have been president. This better be fake news!
Army Boots and all
NY Times trying to pick the next SecDef............Or it’s just their journalistic onanism of the day..................
I hope this is fake news. You can not trust democrats, period. I would think that if Trumps has learned anything, he’s learned that.
No! Absolutely No! He is unstable and will likely stab Trump in the back.
You rather have another Hawkish Republican establishment Deep Stater that will stab Trump in the back?
At least Jim Webb has long advanced Trump’s foreign policy views to get the hell out of these Middle East Wars.
[You can not trust Democrats, period.]
Absolutely true.
And be careful of GOP Establishment.
If he’s still a dem, NO FLIPPIN’ WAY. Good grief. When will they learn.
Never sure if this is legit, fake news, or deliberate “canary trap.”
I’ll wait to see how it plays out.
Well, he comes with his own handgun, so I guess that’s something.
A rat is a rat is a rat and always will be. Need to get rid of the social engineering in the military. He won’t do it. Rats ALWAYS take marching orders from Rat party bosses. We need adults running the military again.
Scottish?
Did we run out of Republicans?
GOOD GOD, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HE IS A BACK-STABBING DEM PIECE OF SUB-HUMAN FILTH
“...I hope this is fake news. You can not trust democrats, period. I would think that if Trumps has learned anything, he’s learned that....”
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NoMore LongShots Maybes!
Go w/AMERICANS!/NO AINOS!!!!!!
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GyG@PlanetWTF?
Semper TRUMP.45!
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Jimmy Webb, author of 10 historic (though quite graphic) novels, some describing sex with prostitutes during recent wars, others describing scenes of incest? Let me think about it...
**1979: Wrote an essay entitled: Women Can’t Fight.
I’m willing to keep an open mind.
The simple fact is there is no Republican expect perhaps Rand Paul that agrees with Trump on foreign policy.
And another establishment figure would be a disaster like Mattis.
So what exactly are the options here for the important qualification of SOMEONE THAT AGREES WITH TRUMP’S VIEWS?
Smoke test to see who’s leaking.
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