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Obama's NSC Will Get Sweeping New Powers
Washington Post via MSNBC ^
| February 8, 2009
| Karen DeYoung
Posted on 02/08/2009 4:31:32 AM PST by John W
Result of directive expands security body's role far beyond traditional range
President Obama plans to order a sweeping overhaul of the National Security Council, expanding its membership and increasing its authority to set strategy across a wide spectrum of international and domestic issues.
The result will be a "dramatically different" NSC from that of the Bush administration or any of its predecessors since the forum was established after World War II to advise the president on diplomatic and military matters, according to national security adviser James L. Jones, who described the changes in an interview.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhonsc; jamesjones; jamesljones; nsc
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posted on
02/08/2009 4:31:33 AM PST
by
John W
To: John W
Inquiring minds want to know, and the souls of the dead
from 911 and the USS COLE want to know:
Who will benefit from these "new" powers?
The American public ..... or terrorists.
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posted on
02/08/2009 4:38:59 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: John W
More cooks oughta make a better stew even if we can’t get them all into the kitchen at the same time.
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posted on
02/08/2009 4:46:36 AM PST
by
Raycpa
To: John W
It is just another place to hide bodies on the payroll. Bet the DUmmies will be overjoyed.
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posted on
02/08/2009 4:58:12 AM PST
by
Mark was here
(The earth is bipolar.)
To: John W
National Security by committee, like the old Soviet Politburo.
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posted on
02/08/2009 5:34:37 AM PST
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
(Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
To: Diogenesis
Obama will benefit. This centralizes more control in the WH.
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posted on
02/08/2009 5:45:54 AM PST
by
kabar
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
On one hand, you have National Security be Committee.
On the other hand, you have Jones saying this: But he made clear he plans to apply military-like discipline to the NSC.
They are conflicted in what they are planning. You cannot have a committee with the goal of everyone agreeing while applying military-like discipline.
This is a guaranteed fubar.
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posted on
02/08/2009 5:50:14 AM PST
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: Diogenesis
Who will benefit? The American people, of course. The Dear Leader needs enhanced powers to protect his sheep.
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posted on
02/08/2009 5:52:18 AM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
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posted on
02/08/2009 5:53:03 AM PST
by
pleikumud
To: John W
Bookmark for later.
It looks like dissent is out of style again after the last eight years.
Spying domestically, however, is in. It isn't a violation of anyone’s rights when the Democratic Party does it.
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posted on
02/08/2009 5:54:45 AM PST
by
IrishCatholic
(No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
To: John W; kabar
It’s another step towards the US becoming a fascist, totalitarian state.
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posted on
02/08/2009 5:57:06 AM PST
by
Canedawg
( I object to taxation without proper representation.)
To: Canedawg
Thats what I thought after reading the headline and first paragraph. But, after that his actual quotes just descend into gobbledygook and doublespeak.
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posted on
02/08/2009 6:02:23 AM PST
by
John W
To: John W
We’re in the Age of Orwellian doublespeak.
What “they” say is good is really bad.
What “they” say we need to do is really what we DO NOT need to do.
But once power become highly centralized and dissenting voices are silenced, it will be too late.
Arendt’s writings on totalitarian Germany are highly relevant.
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posted on
02/08/2009 6:06:56 AM PST
by
Canedawg
( I object to taxation without proper representation.)
To: John W
President Obama plans to order a sweeping overhaul of the National Security Council the sad is part 90% of obama voters are clueless of the council and could care less.
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posted on
02/08/2009 6:07:54 AM PST
by
Vaduz
To: John W; All
Well the day that we are rue with the “Patriot Act” in law and the “Department of Homeland Security” being created is coming soon...
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posted on
02/08/2009 6:08:51 AM PST
by
KevinDavis
(No one should question our "Dear Leader"!)
To: Erik Latranyi
This is more Jimmy Carter like micro-management and destined to be another CF.
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posted on
02/08/2009 6:18:01 AM PST
by
DarthVader
(Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
To: Diogenesis
WHo will be the object of scrutiny by these new powers? The American people or the terrorists?
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posted on
02/08/2009 6:28:40 AM PST
by
elk
((A Member of the Silent 58)TM)
To: John W; Diogenesis; Alas Babylon!; American_Centurion; An.American.Expatriate; ASA.Ranger; ...
“Who will benefit from these “new” powers?
The American public ..... or terrorists?”
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posted on
02/08/2009 6:38:58 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Does Zer0 have any friends, who are not criminals, foriegn/domestic terrorists, or tax evaders?)
To: Mark was here
Do you suppose this goes hand-in-hand with the “detention camps” being built in the USofA? I do.
To: John W
The new structure, to be outlined in a presidential directive and a detailed implementation document by Jones, will expand the NSC's reach far beyond the range of traditional foreign policy issues and turn it into a much more elastic body, with Cabinet and departmental seats at the table -- historically occupied only by the secretaries of defense and state -- determined on an issue-by-issue basis. Jones said the directive will probably be completed this week...New NSC directorates will deal with such department-spanning 21st-century issues as cybersecurity, energy, climate change, nation-building and infrastructure. Many of the functions of the Homeland Security Council, established as a separate White House entity by President Bush after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, may be subsumed into the expanded NSC... Wow. Barry's simply making an end-run around our established Constitutional government. First his "czars" that essentially outrank Cabinet members and report to him directly, and now this.
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posted on
02/08/2009 6:46:46 AM PST
by
livius
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