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Navy acknowledges request regarding USS John S. McCain made for Trump visit
CNN ^ | Fri May 31, 2019 | Barbara Starr and Caroline Kelly

Posted on 06/01/2019 6:37:23 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

The US Navy acknowledged Friday that a request had been made regarding the USS John S. McCain in relation to President Donald Trump's visit to Japan, but said the ship ended up remaining in its normal configuration.

The statement continues a saga stemming from emails exchanged between the White House and lower-level US Navy officials about keeping a warship named for the late Sen. John McCain's father and grandfather out of sight ahead of the President's trip.

"A request was made to the U.S. Navy to minimize the visibility of USS John S. McCain, however, all ships remained in their normal configuration during the President's visit," Rear Adm. Charlie Brown, chief of Navy information, said in a statement. "There were also no intentional efforts to explicitly exclude Sailors assigned to USS John S. McCain."

Brown added that the Navy is "fully cooperating with the review of this matter tasked by" acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan.

Two Navy officials told CNN on Wednesday that the White House Military Office had asked lower-level US Navy officials about keeping the ship out of view -- an impractical request as the ship was under repair, one of the officials said.

"Once leadership heard about it, they said knock it off," a senior Navy official told CNN.

*** The ship ultimately was not moved nor was the name obscured, said Cmdr. Clay Doss, a spokesman for the 7th Fleet. ***

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barbarastarr; carolinekelly; clintonnonnews; cnn; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; fakenews; japan; mccain; mediawingofthednc; navy; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; trump
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To: Drew68
>>>And yet another example of Trump's failure to purge his administration of people who are deliberately working to undermine him.

Bingo. Several of us have pointed this out on this site hundreds of times. This is his biggest failure. For all the talk of his greatness, it's this one failure or lack of insight that is killing him. It's tripped him up from day one. He didn't purge the Obama hold-overs and he surrounded himself with OBVIOUS deep-staters and RINOS-people that everyone on here knew were bad news.

Eventually, the most ardent fans are going to have to realize this isn't some grand strategy but it's a flaw. Almost every single person that ends up leaving the administration is critical of him after leaving. Very few members of his inner circle have remained loyal. Say what you want to about the left - but they know how to keep the wagons circled. I thought DJT would be able to do that better than Clinton and Obama. I was dead wrong.

81 posted on 06/01/2019 1:25:56 PM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog show. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: Drew68

Kinda like aviators call a six month deployment a ‘cruise’ that’s only three months long, because they’re sleeping for half of it.


82 posted on 06/01/2019 2:55:38 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: xrmusn

Nice hearing from you, hope all is well-

LOL, I forgot all about that “penis shaped contrails” thing...

This is just stupidity. I thought Dan Bongino’s hypothesis was more likely than anything else. Someone on a B-Team was being stupid. This didn’t come from Trump, and anyone who thinks it did is a moron. End of story.

It isn’t even named after the Turd McCain, it is named after his grandfather for God’s sake.

I don’t even pay attention to these things. It is like giving a click to CNN, NYT, or WaPo.


83 posted on 06/01/2019 3:10:32 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: GreyHoundSailor; Drew68
LOL, everyone I knew referred to the USS JFK when I was on it as "The Boat".

"I'm pretty smashed here. I'm headin' back to the boat."

84 posted on 06/01/2019 3:13:58 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: rlmorel

Agree with waste of time...

As to ship, ‘THEY’ did add McStain to the list, which - IMNSHO, denigrates his Father & Grandfather.
After all, they(or at least the name) kept him in USNA and flight school where a ‘lesser’ person with same attitude/grades etc would have been a member of the fleet as enlisted.

I am sure adding McStain to the name is/was just an ‘in your face’ to the Rs ....then again, I ‘knew’ that ‘we’ wouldn’t get away with a Reagan/Ford/Bush trifecta... I can see weewillie, HRC & BO getting something other than a garbage scow named for them.

Paybacks are hell.

Lets get back to battles, mountains/volcanoes, cities/counties etc and DEAD people for the naming of ships.


85 posted on 06/01/2019 3:28:12 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is cast as the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: Flick Lives

+1

5.56mm


86 posted on 06/01/2019 3:50:12 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: xrmusn

I missed that they added his name...ugh.


87 posted on 06/01/2019 4:16:05 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: rlmorel

I deployed with JFK Battle Group after it left Philly half-repaired. You’re right - it was a boat, since it sure in hell wasn’t a warship.


88 posted on 06/01/2019 4:45:21 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: rlmorel

I had also and was getting ready to slam the ‘no nothings’ yesterday ... will still refer to them as ‘no nothings’ as far as their Navy (lack of) expertise goes, but glad I checked...Nothing worse than to call someone on something and find out he/she is right (whether THEY know it or not)...


89 posted on 06/01/2019 4:50:33 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is cast as the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: GreyHoundSailor

Well, it sure was deadly to any small boy who got in its way, that’s for sure.

Are you talking about when it was repaired after the Belknap collision?


90 posted on 06/01/2019 10:18:56 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: xrmusn

Well, a stopped clock is right twice a day!


91 posted on 06/01/2019 10:20:02 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: rlmorel

Not a Military Zulu clock....


92 posted on 06/01/2019 11:13:17 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is cast as the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: sparklite2

WOW - I always thought that picture with Obama was a photo shop meme.


93 posted on 06/02/2019 11:29:26 AM PDT by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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To: Baynative

It’s no meme. I saw the televised debate where McCain did that.

He made Obama seem so ... mature. Hate to have voted for him, but it was really Palin I voted for.


94 posted on 06/02/2019 11:34:08 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: xrmusn

LOL, good point!


95 posted on 06/02/2019 4:07:01 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: rlmorel

No, I’m speaking about when they left the Philly shipyards and went to Mayport, with one catapult and one elevator operational. Do you recall the wives club protesting in the middle of Jacksonville?


96 posted on 06/04/2019 8:17:13 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: GreyHoundSailor

LOL, no...I was in back in the Seventies...she wasn’t homeported there then.

I do remember being at sea one time, and having the entire ship lose all electrical power and go dead in the water.

I never did find out what that was all about!


97 posted on 06/04/2019 8:36:41 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: rlmorel

I was conning a CG into Seal Beach for a weapons onload; as we approached the pier we went to General Quarters for a major lube oil leak. Never saw civilians on forklifts move ammo away from the pier so fast in my life.

Normally, the first word passed over the 1MC after ‘Shift Colors’ was ‘The Ship is Now On Water Hours’.


98 posted on 06/04/2019 8:48:57 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: GreyHoundSailor

That is serious stuff, but...pretty funny!


99 posted on 06/04/2019 8:55:29 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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