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Posted on 12/01/2016 5:48:22 PM PST by RoosterRedux
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis to be secretary of defense, according to people familiar with the decision, 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.
To take the job, Mattis will need Congress to pass new legislation to bypass a federal law stating that defense secretaries must not have been on active duty in the previous seven years. Congress has granted a similar exception
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How did this get leaked? /s
This was supposed to be a secret.
MSM headling: “Top Trump Official Leaks SecDef Appointment; Transition Team in Chaos”
(everything is in chaos, you know...)
LOL! He told his audience in Ohio not to tell anyone.
It is. Don’t tell.
At his tour in Cincinnati, OH.
Does anyone know the current, real situation?
First he was going to be SecDef, then they said Trump hasn’t made a decision yet.
My active duty son and daughter-in-law (U.S.A.F) will be very pleased with this Marine in this spot.
Excellent choice.
Gen. Mattis will make an exceptional Secretary of Defense.
Trump said it himself at a rally in Ohio tonight.
Official announcement on Monday, mums the word.
LOL!
Thanks.
If Trump said it in public, then that is indeed the final word.
God bless your son and daughter in law. A SECDEF who is going to fight to win.
I'm still not happy about it, though.
Mattis Thinks the Iranian Regime is the ‘Single Most Enduring Threat to Stability & Peace in the Middle East’
That he isn't willing to just hand Israel a blank check to do as they will is hardly a concern. He is the enemy of your enemy rather Israel's rubber stamp. Considering the alternatives Israel would of faced with Clinton, and that something like 77% of US Jews voted for Hillary, he hardly a terrible Sec Def choice in regards to Israel.
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