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Obama: U.S. now has the defense secretary it needs
Politico ^ | 2/26/13 | DONOVAN SLACK

Posted on 02/26/2013 3:38:15 PM PST by Nachum

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the nation will now have the defense secretary it needs.

"With the bipartisan confirmation of Chuck Hagel as our next Secretary of Defense, we will have the defense secretary our nation needs and the leader our troops deserve," he said in a statement. "From the moment he volunteered for military service in Vietnam, Chuck has devoted his life to keeping America secure and our armed forces strong. An American patriot who fought and bled for our country, he understands our sacred obligations to our service members, military families and veterans.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: defense; gop; hagelsecdef; obama; obamaspeech; randpaul; secretary
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To: Nachum
Its time to raise the white flag.Thanks for surrendering republicans.

Thank GOD I don't have any kids in this military.I thought I had it bad during Jimmy Carters era.Talk about walking on egg shells.Our enemies really thought he was a joke.

That's something you can't afford when you have a lot of tyrannical nut jobs looking to take over their neighborhoods.

41 posted on 02/26/2013 5:11:07 PM PST by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: Gator113
If this wasn't some galactic psyops chess move by Rand, he just threw away the “up and coming conservative” mantel.
42 posted on 02/26/2013 5:12:16 PM PST by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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To: Nachum

I feel critical mass accumulating.

Or not.


43 posted on 02/26/2013 5:49:16 PM PST by KittenClaws (You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: simonjo
Lindsey Graham needs to come out of the closet. I’m sure he is being blackmailed. He is gay...

A lot of Freepers believe this but none of them has ever come up with any evidence. Only accusations, such as the one you offer.

The man is in his 50s. Don't you think that at this point in his life if he were homosexual there would have been some evidence (i.e., former lovers speaking out, newspaper articles detailing something about his love life, and the such). But there aren't.

To be sure, Graham does not seem to be the "normal" guy. So, what else could explain it? There are possibilities, but I suppose you haven't thought of them.

44 posted on 02/26/2013 6:15:50 PM PST by OldPossum
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To: OldPossum

Should be “But there isn’t.”


45 posted on 02/26/2013 6:18:20 PM PST by OldPossum
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To: TomGuy

” - - - McCain and Graham, for all their bluster in the confirmation committee and the news talk programs, ended up voting FOR Hagel. - - - “

They are the leaders of the Left-Wing Republicans in the Senate.


46 posted on 02/26/2013 6:30:15 PM PST by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Commune Obama"care" violates Anti-Trust Law s, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Nachum

Somebody in this administration must have some serious s$@t on Republican leaders/members because they’re getting anything and everything they want and the GOP is just rolling over every.single.day.


47 posted on 02/26/2013 6:42:38 PM PST by txmissy
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To: Graewoulf
” - - - McCain and Graham, for all their bluster in the confirmation committee and the news talk programs, ended up voting FOR Hagel. - - - “

Anyone have a link to see which turncoat RINO's voted for ObamaTIONs anti-semitic lapdog.

48 posted on 02/26/2013 7:18:48 PM PST by Ron H. (Hussein Obama, the 21st century American Balkanizer - 'Yes I Can')
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To: dfwgator

Hammer meet nail. What “republicans” has the kenyan appointed? And really, 4 pub votes (rand paul shame on you) and he calls it bi-partisan. Meanwhile, Hagel guts the military, destroy alliances, builds up our enemy and the shtf and they say “see, it was the republican”


49 posted on 02/26/2013 7:27:13 PM PST by Finatic (I ran out of change and have given up on hope. FUBO, I am so sick of your sorry a$$ you effin punk)
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To: LucyT

LOL - great picture...


50 posted on 02/27/2013 9:27:22 AM PST by GOPJ (To be free is to own one's risk - Jonathan Levy)
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To: Nachum
"...our sacred obligations..."

What deity/purpose are they obligated to in Obama's eyes? Would it be a totalitarian state? What gives? The press "corpses" are truly dead to being independent.
51 posted on 02/27/2013 9:35:12 AM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: Paladin2
................................................... FRegards
52 posted on 02/27/2013 6:32:06 PM PST by gonzo ( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms ... FRegards)
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