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Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense
The Washington Post ^ | December 1, 2016 | Dan Lamothe

Posted on 12/01/2016 1:17:17 PM PST by conservativepoet

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis to be secretary of defense, nominating a former senior military officer who led operations across the Middle East to run the Pentagon less than four years after he hung up his uniform, according to people familiar with the decision.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cabinet; defense; jamesmattis; maddog; mattis; military; secdef; trump; trumpcabinet; trumprebellion; trumpsecdef; trumptransition; trumpwinsagain; wardept
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To: bray

We need to shun Levin like the Cherokees used to shun Cherokee rectums like Levin.

Shun all of the Never Trumpers here and in our lives and with our $’s.


261 posted on 12/01/2016 4:32:57 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: heterosupremacist

Some nice quotes!


262 posted on 12/01/2016 4:33:19 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: ought-six

And Nimitz was also a far better strategist than MacArthur.


263 posted on 12/01/2016 4:35:25 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ASA Vet
Nape of Earth.. Flying very close to the terrain, trees, or obstructions.

Thanks! No way I would have ever guessed that acronym.

264 posted on 12/01/2016 4:40:29 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: cynwoody

I see that I was off by about six months. Thanks for the correction.


265 posted on 12/01/2016 4:43:18 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: conservativepoet

Nice!


266 posted on 12/01/2016 4:45:05 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Jim 0216

No, I meant the dems won in Vietnam. The commies won in Vietnam, the dems are commies. The difference between the two ranges from none to zero.

The dems defunded the war while the most trusted man in America (Walter Crookedkit) started a very successful lying campaign that today has evolved into a propaganda machine Joseph Goebbels would envy, which includes our very own ministries of education and entertainment.

Since Vietnam we’ve only had a small 8 year breather, which would be Reagan. BTW, he gave us a small win in Grenada, which felt good.


267 posted on 12/01/2016 4:53:31 PM PST by redfreedom (The nation has been saved. Thank you Dear Lord. Long live President Trump!)
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To: Jim 0216

I thought Peck played it fairly well. Peck is capable of playing a commanding role. But, I think George C. Scott played Patton much better. I recall watching a documentary about the making of the Patton movie, where Scott actually studied the man, his accomplishments, his problems within the Army and actually tried to be him. Scott really tried to do a little more than be an actor in this film, which is why I think it’s better.


268 posted on 12/01/2016 5:00:54 PM PST by redfreedom (The nation has been saved. Thank you Dear Lord. Long live President Trump!)
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To: redfreedom

Gottcha.

Reagan was the only good President we’d had since Cool Cal Coolidge (somehow we won WWII IN SPITE of FDR) - Reagan wasn’t going to lose and he didn’t beating the USSR without firing a shot. Loved that man.

Now we’ve got Trump potentially another good-to-great President like Reagan. There have been very few, but Trump could be one.


269 posted on 12/01/2016 5:03:24 PM PST by Jim W N
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To: ought-six

And apparently he didn’t want Patton over there in the Pacific theater. Too many egos I guess.


270 posted on 12/01/2016 5:08:15 PM PST by Jim W N
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To: redfreedom

Scott’s role was apparently completely outside the character of Scott himself who looks like turned out to a a kind of hippie. Scott turned out to be a bit weird, but his role as Patton was stunning. All this talk - I’m gonna watch “Patton” the movie tonight I think.


271 posted on 12/01/2016 5:11:17 PM PST by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

Trump just announced!!!!!!


272 posted on 12/01/2016 5:14:03 PM PST by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: goodnesswins

It’s Mattis for sure!!!


273 posted on 12/01/2016 5:14:33 PM PST by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: conservativepoet

Trump live right now 8:20 pm EST confirmed Gen Mad Dog Mattis is Sec of Def


274 posted on 12/01/2016 5:15:10 PM PST by ASA Vet (Make US Intelligence great again!)
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To: laplata; Caipirabob
The best part is how Obama is already beginning to fade and is being treated like the buffoon that’s always was by both the international community and industry leaders. All those years that Obama refused to work with and negotiate his legislation with the Republicans will now destroy his legacy. Since he went around the constitution and ruled by executive decree, all his efforts are now dust in the wind and he will go down in history as the single worst president in US history followed by a golden age of Trump.

Mad Dog Maddis!!!!WOW!!!

YES! YES! YES! Eight long years of hell fading into obscurity with the adolescent Marxist Muslim whining, whining, whining that Trump is such a big bully. Go Donald Trump! I'll have to rethink my new Tagline now WITH GREAT PLEASURE!

275 posted on 12/01/2016 5:15:15 PM PST by Two Thirds Vote Aye (I was saying 'I hope he fails' even before Rush was.)
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To: conservativepoet

Mad Dog Mattis is without question, the top pick. . Outstanding! The warrior mentality may yet be restored and the faggot crowd best keep their mouths shut and their heads down.


276 posted on 12/01/2016 5:17:39 PM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: Two Thirds Vote Aye

Yes..
Tonight I told my husband
..”Happy Days Are Here Again”.... ( but I do fear a terrorist attack)


277 posted on 12/01/2016 5:19:42 PM PST by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: conservativepoet

UUURRRRRRAAAAAHHHHHH

DEVIL DOG MAXIMUS


278 posted on 12/01/2016 5:22:22 PM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: Two Thirds Vote Aye

It is such a giant, great relief to have Donald Trump as our 45th POTUS.


279 posted on 12/01/2016 5:23:32 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Genoa

the waiver isn’t required, because the infringement upon the president’s authority to nominate whomever he chooses is almost certainly unconstitutional

congress will probably go ahead and approve the waiver, but it’s totally unnecessary.


280 posted on 12/01/2016 5:29:25 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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