Posted on 01/12/2017 10:06:49 AM PST by RoosterRedux
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed the waiver on Thursday that will allow retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as defense secretary so soon after leaving the Marine Corps, sending it to the full Senate for approval.
The vote was 24-3. Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren all voted against the waiver.
The committee approved the exemption following a wide-ranging confirmation hearing where Mattis fielded questions about threats facing the country, acquisition programs and how his time in uniform will affect his role as the department's top civilian.
The law requires an officer to be out of uniform for seven years before stepping into the civilian defense secretary role. Mattis retired from the Marine Corps in 2013 after more than 40 years of service, meaning Congress will need to approve an exemption to the law for him to serve.
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I loved your post!
When I was assigned to the Strategic Air Command (SAC), we had our own motto, “Peace is our profession, mass destruction is our specialty”.
EODGUY
The only hitch in that giddy up is the small detail about the troops under him and his office corps name him, he doesn't get to choose it himself.
War is not the answer.
The unconditional surrender of your enemy is the answer.
Are you Blackfoot, Crow, Mandan, Osage, or Missouri?
Twenty-seven Senators of a 100 total on a single committee is ridiculous. There must be a lot of bacon to be brought home as well as lots of TV face time on the Armed Services Committee. I wonder how many would be on it if it were reserved for Veterans.
Why was anti-Trump Arnold Punaro sitting behind Mattis today?
Comanche. Our tribe was overrun by the Warren Massasoits, though.
Blumenthal - my state’s idiot. How can you not know to not stand on the yellow line at the train station??
(He was doing a photo op on trains in his home state and came really close to being hit by one, would have been messy if he was 3 inches further to his left!!)
Ex Post Facto is after the fact; this waiver should be approved by the Senate before the SASC confirms GEN Mattis.
I knew President Trump would win, just never knew it would be this good.
You are of course quite correct. I had a brain cramp, for which I humbly apologize. I meant to write Bill of Attainder, which I thought was a law only affecting one person, but I see now that it refers to a legislative act declaring a particular person guilty of a crime (usually treason).
If that's true, then Liar-Watha better get used to losing!
Trump Pentagon likely to abandon social experiments for core mission under Mattis, say experts
I sure hope he lives up to his billing (and his nickname).
The military has been homosexualized, feminized, cut, sequestered, demoralized, and abused.
People on that House committee have many hours of Mattis’Senate testimony that they could watch. Instead they want their time on TV. Our legislators are mostly glib people who are much better with bloviating than they are with knowledge or strategic thinking. They are demonstrating this at the hearings.
He bears a faint resemblance to Patton.
Does ask Elizabeth Warren! She hates EVERYBODY!
I’m pretty sure he has a long record of biting, when barking, alone, just won’t cut it.
My husband’s native American, but when he played cowboys and Indians, the Indians always won. :-)
She foolishly equates a big mouth with strength. She and Cory Booker better stay away from each other. They both plan on being our next president. Not much chance of that, especially since they both made such fools of themselves in these hearings, she brow-beating Ben Carson with inane questions, and Booker taking back all the praise he heaped on Sessions a year ago, to beat up on his own Senate colleague.
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