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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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To: Jet Jaguar
Thank you for your career of service Mr. Winter. Sounds like a heck of an aviator..
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posted on
03/17/2009 4:51:53 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(I'll keep my money. You keep the change.)
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.
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posted on
03/17/2009 4:53:55 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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?
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posted on
03/17/2009 4:55:34 AM PDT
by
Glenn
(Free Venezuela!)
To: Jet Jaguar
I would like to nominate Popeye the Sailor Man. I suspect he would be better than anyone the administration will nominate.
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posted on
03/17/2009 4:57:46 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Wesley Clark might be available. Former General who hates the military should fit the bill nicely...
To: brytlea
I'm busy. I must decline. I'm building my own boat. I will sail the seven seas until 2012.
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:00:48 AM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:01:48 AM PDT
by
PurpleMan
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.”
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:09:22 AM PDT
by
Nickname
To: Rebelbase
Anti-navy gay harvard grad wanted.
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:11:41 AM PDT
by
omega4179
(Look out below! Thanks Obamanomics.)
To: Jet Jaguar
I thought 0bama was going to name the gay guy who runs a museum to run the Navy.
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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)
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....
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:13:09 AM PDT
by
joe fonebone
(When you ask God for help, sometimes he sends the Marines.)
To: Jet Jaguar
EA-6B Pilot of the Year in 1972
Didn't kill a single skier.
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:18:02 AM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
To: PurpleMan
Ah, Winter is no aviator. He was a head honcho for TRW and Northrup-Grumman for at least 20 years. Penns the fly-boy
Thanks. I mis-read that. When casting honors about, it is always best to get the details right!
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:18:48 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(I'll keep my money. You keep the change.)
To: Perdogg
I remember reading an article about that a few days ago.
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:20:37 AM PDT
by
DirtyHarryY2K
(The Tree of Liberty is long overdue for its natural manure)
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. ;-)
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:22:01 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(Christian and armed)
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.
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:31:32 AM PDT
by
badgerlandjim
(Hillary Clinton is to politics as Helen Thomas is to beauty.)
To: IamConservative
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:32:16 AM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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.
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:32:43 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(American Revolution II -- overdue)
To: Thrownatbirth
Didn't kill a single skier. That was a Marine EA-6.
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