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SecDef Hillary Rodham Clinton
More: For Women of Style and Substance ^ | June 2010 | Susan Toepfer

Posted on 06/10/2010 7:25:53 PM PDT by SCPatriot77

Is Hillary Changing Jobs?

Rumors are ricocheting through Washington that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wants to retire--and that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may soon replace him as Secretary of Defense.

And why not? The woman who campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination with a TV ad declaring her “readiness” to fight has more than proven her grit in the last year. She stood up to Korea, blasted Pakistan, got pissed at Israel, came to terms with China.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gates; hillary; secdef
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1 posted on 06/10/2010 7:25:53 PM PDT by SCPatriot77
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To: SCPatriot77

I sure hope not.


2 posted on 06/10/2010 7:27:29 PM PDT by SCPatriot77
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To: SCPatriot77

If she makes Sec Def she’ll be a shoe-in for 2012 IMO


3 posted on 06/10/2010 7:28:07 PM PDT by valkyry1
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To: SCPatriot77

Enhancing her resume.

If she don’t for prez in 2012, then I’ll eat my hat.


4 posted on 06/10/2010 7:28:30 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (PALIN/MCCAIN IN 2012 - barf alert? sarc tag? -- can't decide)
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To: SCPatriot77
She stood up to Korea

Uh, I must have missed that part.

5 posted on 06/10/2010 7:28:41 PM PDT by montag813 (http://www.StandWithArizona.com)
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To: SCPatriot77

One step closer to running for CIC in 2012.


6 posted on 06/10/2010 7:29:11 PM PDT by theanchoragedailyruse
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To: SCPatriot77

Wouldn’t that be a step down from Secretary of State?


7 posted on 06/10/2010 7:29:25 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: SCPatriot77

This alternate reality/joke night.....right?

Manchurian candidate’s administration becomes more surreal.


8 posted on 06/10/2010 7:29:26 PM PDT by LFOD (Presently - Back in Dixie)
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To: SCPatriot77
Grooming for the big job...in 2012.

But, based on her past behavior, here "resume'" doesn't mean $#!+. Holding a "title" is not "doing the job"...just look at obama.
9 posted on 06/10/2010 7:30:46 PM PDT by FrankR (Standing against tyranny must start somewhere, or the future belongs to the tyrants.)
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.... and will be ready at the red phone for that 3am call while Zero is out partying with celebutards ....

/sarc off

10 posted on 06/10/2010 7:31:03 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: SCPatriot77

[reset]


11 posted on 06/10/2010 7:31:26 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: montag813
came to terms with China.

Must have missed that part, too.

12 posted on 06/10/2010 7:31:32 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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I'm sorry, but as a guy who wore the uniform for a quarter century and with kids who are currently wearing the uniform, I'm not comfortable having someone lead the Department of Defense who has never served in any branch of the Armed Forces.

Would we have someone run the Department of Justice who never practiced law, or NIH who never practiced medicine, or education who never instructed a student (assuming we should even have a DOE)?

13 posted on 06/10/2010 7:31:56 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: LFOD

Take this blog as you see it. . . I was laughing honestly.


14 posted on 06/10/2010 7:32:46 PM PDT by SCPatriot77
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To: Cementjungle
"Wouldn’t that be a step down from Secretary of State?"

I would say yes, although it's only a tiny step down. But clearly, the SOS is ahead of the SecDef in the order of succession, if that means anything.

15 posted on 06/10/2010 7:33:48 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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As a veteran too, I couldn’t agree more, DeckHand.


16 posted on 06/10/2010 7:33:48 PM PDT by SCPatriot77
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To: OldDeckHand
I would say yes, although it's only a tiny step down. But clearly, the SOS is ahead of the SecDef in the order of succession, if that means anything.

It's also giving her a ton of foreign policy experience for her resume (not that she's actually achieving anything).

17 posted on 06/10/2010 7:35:38 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: SCPatriot77

...and may God have mercy on our souls...


18 posted on 06/10/2010 7:39:02 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
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To: OldDeckHand
I'm not comfortable having someone lead the Department of Defense who has never served in any branch of the Armed Forces.

Cheney excepted?

19 posted on 06/10/2010 7:39:28 PM PDT by gundog (Outrage is anger taken by surprise. Nothing these people do surprises me anymore.)
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To: Cementjungle
But let's not discredit her service in Bosnia (Vid)

20 posted on 06/10/2010 7:39:38 PM PDT by SCPatriot77
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