Obama's deputy national security adviser resigns

AP via Breitbart.com ^ | October 1, 2009

[rightwingintelligentsia]

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser has called it quits. The White House says Mark Lippert is leaving the administration to return to active duty in the U.S. Navy.

Obama said in a statement Thursday that he was not surprised when Lippert broke the news because he is "passionate about the Navy."

[grey_whiskers]

My first suspicion:

1) They just found out Iran has nukes.

2) They just found out Iran is going after the U.S. before Israel, as the larger threat.

See also the epilogue to Clancy's The Sum of All Fears, especially the part which reads, "Are you kidding?"

NO Cheers, unfortunately.

Depending on how it turns out, we may end up needing Nuremburg trials for top Democrats...(e.g. if they knowingly took bribes from foreigners to undermine the US)

[grey_whiskers]

The penguin eating ice cream while waiting for his car to be fixed?

"Looks like you blew a seal."

"Leave my personal life out of it and just fix the d@mn car."

Cheers!

[antiRepublicrat]

I knew a commo guy who deployed with SEALs quite a few times, but he himself wasn’t one.

[Osage Orange]

That would be my thought also.........

[BARLF]

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/mark_lippert_leaves_nsc_for_seals/

Another opinion........from OSTB

[Paratrooper]

Guy is not a SEAL, joined Navy Reserve when he was over 30. Likely intel officer or other support branch.

Maybe he is going back in service to challenge don’t ask don’t tell policy

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[BARLF]

He looks the type. Long time Obama friend.........what you said, never enter my head, but bet you are right.

[Right Wing Assault]

I think this is the Navy seal he is thinking about. ;-)

[piasa]

Lippert worked for Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) before moving to become an aide to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). on the Foreign Operations subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations panel.