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Dicks to replace Murtha as defense spending cardinal
Foreign Policy ^
| February 9, 2010
| Josh Rogin
Posted on 02/09/2010 4:35:46 PM PST by jazusamo
Washington Rep. Norm Dicks, shown here shaking hands with actor Chris Klein, has effectively taken over control of the House defense appropriations subcommittee and is expected to be voted its next chairman following the unexpected death of John Murtha, a democratic house leadership aide told The Cable.
"Mr. Dicks is now acting chair of defense appropriations and likely will be approved by the caucus for it permanently, should he choose that over [his current chairmanship of] the interior subcommittee," the aide said.
That confirms the somewhat less definitive statements by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, who told reporters Tuesday, "My expectation is, assuming the system works as it has historically worked in terms of seniority on the committee, that an extraordinarily able member of the Congress of the United States, very well-rounded in defense policy who has served on the committee for well over two decades, Norm Dicks, will presumably take the chairmanship."
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 111th; dicks; murtha; normdicks
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:35:47 PM PST
by
jazusamo
To: sionnsar
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:36:24 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
Dicks to replace Murtha
the jokes write themselves....
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:36:51 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:36:52 PM PST
by
Carl LaFong
(Experts say experts should be ignored.)
To: jazusamo
Just here to see the jokes made out of the headline.
To: jazusamo
Historically, Norm Dicks is a hawkish as the dims can offer.
Almost a pubbie on defense issues.
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:37:31 PM PST
by
Mariner
To: dynachrome
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:38:09 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
If Hoyer supports him then I suppose he’s worthless.
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:38:40 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: jazusamo
He would be stoned for that in Saudi Arabia.
To: STARWISE; maggief; onyx
Dick is head of ...defense spending?
Behave yourself Maggie.
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:39:58 PM PST
by
hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
To: dynachrome
This dick is so big, it has feet!
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:40:07 PM PST
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: Mariner
Agreed, but it will really upset the Northrop AirBus supporters.
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:40:36 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:41:30 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
To: jazusamo
So now the American public is getting the Dicks.
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:42:41 PM PST
by
Venturer
To: hoosiermama; maggief; STARWISE
Dick is head of ...defense spending?
Behave yourself Maggie.
- - - - -
hoosiermama!
It’s “DICKS” - enough to go around...lol.
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:43:33 PM PST
by
onyx
(BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
To: jazusamo
So many Dicks, so few Richards.
To: jazusamo
So Dicks got it...I figured it would go to Cox.
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:48:13 PM PST
by
AndrewB
(FUBO)
To: smoothsailing; Just A Nobody; freema
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:49:54 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
One replaces another. ;-) (so to speak)
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:50:46 PM PST
by
doc1019
(To call Obama a bumbling idiot would be an insult to bumbling idiots worldwide.)
To: James C. Bennett
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posted on
02/09/2010 4:57:20 PM PST
by
LaybackLenny
(Palin-Bachmann Overdrive 2012 - takin' care o' business!)
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