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Navy secretary steps down
Stars and Stripes ^ | March 18, 2009 | Stars and Stripes

Posted on 03/17/2009 4:48:53 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar

WASHINGTON — B.J. Penn, assistant secretary of the Navy for installations and environment, will serve as acting Navy secretary until a successor to Donald Winter is named.

Winter, who stepped down Friday, had agreed to stay on in the Obama administration until March 13, or until a replacement was found.

Penn began his career as a Naval aviator, according to the Navy Web site. He amassed more than 6,500 flight hours in 16 types of aircraft. He was EA-6B Pilot of the Year in 1972, according to the site. Thus far, the White House has not hinted who the nominee might be.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhodod; bjpenn; donaldwinter; haditha; obamanees; obamaregime; usnavy
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1 posted on 03/17/2009 4:48:53 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

Thank you for your career of service Mr. Winter. Sounds like a heck of an aviator..


2 posted on 03/17/2009 4:51:53 AM PDT by IamConservative (I'll keep my money. You keep the change.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

“Thus far, the White House has not hinted who the nominee might be.”

The most likely candidate will be someone who thinks the Navy needs to be gutted.


3 posted on 03/17/2009 4:53:55 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase
The most likely candidate will be someone who thinks the Navy needs to be gutted.

That would be Obama.

Can he serve both positions at once?

4 posted on 03/17/2009 4:55:34 AM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: Jet Jaguar

I would like to nominate Popeye the Sailor Man. I suspect he would be better than anyone the administration will nominate.


5 posted on 03/17/2009 4:57:46 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Wesley Clark might be available. Former General who hates the military should fit the bill nicely...


6 posted on 03/17/2009 4:59:23 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: brytlea

I'm busy. I must decline. I'm building my own boat. I will sail the seven seas until 2012.

7 posted on 03/17/2009 5:00:48 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: IamConservative

Ah, Winter is no aviator. He was a head honcho for TRW and Northrup-Grumman for at least 20 years.

Penn’s the fly-boy


8 posted on 03/17/2009 5:01:48 AM PDT by PurpleMan
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“Thus far, the White House has not hinted who the nominee might be.”

They’re probably busy interviewing members of “Iraq Veterans Against the War.”


9 posted on 03/17/2009 5:09:22 AM PDT by Nickname
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To: Rebelbase

Anti-navy gay harvard grad wanted.


10 posted on 03/17/2009 5:11:41 AM PDT by omega4179 (Look out below! Thanks Obamanomics.)
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To: Jet Jaguar
I thought 0bama was going to name the gay guy who runs a museum to run the Navy.
11 posted on 03/17/2009 5:12:11 AM PDT by Perdogg (The difference between Madoff and the US Congress is about a trillion dollars)
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To: PurpleMan

Anybody that can fly an EA-6B is not only a good pilot, but has to have b@lls the size of watermelons....


12 posted on 03/17/2009 5:13:09 AM PDT by joe fonebone (When you ask God for help, sometimes he sends the Marines.)
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To: Jet Jaguar
EA-6B Pilot of the Year in 1972

Didn't kill a single skier.
13 posted on 03/17/2009 5:18:02 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: PurpleMan
Ah, Winter is no aviator. He was a head honcho for TRW and Northrup-Grumman for at least 20 years.

Penn’s the fly-boy

Thanks. I mis-read that. When casting honors about, it is always best to get the details right!

14 posted on 03/17/2009 5:18:48 AM PDT by IamConservative (I'll keep my money. You keep the change.)
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To: Perdogg

I remember reading an article about that a few days ago.


15 posted on 03/17/2009 5:20:37 AM PDT by DirtyHarryY2K (The Tree of Liberty is long overdue for its natural manure)
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To: brytlea

“I would like to nominate Popeye the Sailor Man. I suspect he would be better than anyone the administration will nominate.”

...which makes Popeye vastly over-qualified to serve in this administration. ;-)


16 posted on 03/17/2009 5:22:01 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Christian and armed)
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To: Jet Jaguar
President Obama accepts immediate resignation of Secretary of the Navy, Donald Winters. A White House spokesman says a prominent female candidate who has many years of experience with naval personnel is being considered for the cabinet position.

17 posted on 03/17/2009 5:31:32 AM PDT by badgerlandjim (Hillary Clinton is to politics as Helen Thomas is to beauty.)
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To: IamConservative

LOL!


18 posted on 03/17/2009 5:32:16 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: DirtyHarryY2K; Perdogg

That would be William White. I believe he is still seen as the likely choice for Navy secretary. But it’s odd that the article doesn’t talk about him.


19 posted on 03/17/2009 5:32:43 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (American Revolution II -- overdue)
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To: Thrownatbirth
Didn't kill a single skier.

That was a Marine EA-6.

20 posted on 03/17/2009 5:36:13 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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