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Administration official apologizes for tweets suggesting Bergdahl platoon 'psychopaths'
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| Jun 6, 2014
Posted on 06/06/2014 10:33:38 AM PDT by KeyLargo
White House Administration official apologizes for tweets suggesting Bergdahl platoon 'psychopaths' Published June 05, 2014 FoxNews.com
WASHINGTON An Obama administration official apologized Thursday after suggesting on Twitter that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahls platoon might have been filled with psychopaths in an apparent attempt to defend Bergdahl against criticism from his fellow soldiers.
Brandon Friedman, deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, sent out a series of tweets Wednesday night questioning those soldiers trying to smear Bergdahl for abandoning his post in 2009.
The first said: Here's the thing about Bergdahl and the Jump-to-Conclusions mats: What if his platoon was long on psychopaths and short on leadership?
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bergdahl; brandonfriedman; collusion; corruption; democratactivist; dnctalkingpoints; govtabuse; military; obama; platoon; votevetsdotorg
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To: Doctor 2Brains
To: KeyLargo
where there are FLIES...there are MAGGOTS!
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posted on
06/06/2014 11:25:34 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: KeyLargo
Guy is a duck walkin punk...
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posted on
06/06/2014 11:27:21 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: KeyLargo
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posted on
06/06/2014 11:31:12 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
To: Darksheare
Tom Lantos: “At least Admiral Boorda committed suuuiciiide...”
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posted on
06/06/2014 12:17:00 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: KeyLargo
Obviously by calling Bergdahl’s platoon-mates ‘psychopaths’ he was just trying to urge people not to jump to conclusions.
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posted on
06/06/2014 12:20:26 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: DManA
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posted on
06/06/2014 12:30:08 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
Related to Jay Carney and Baghdad Bob!
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posted on
06/06/2014 12:42:15 PM PDT
by
DocJhn
To: DocJhn
Probably.
All spokesliars are from the same tribe.
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posted on
06/06/2014 12:45:07 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
My advice to Brandon Friedman: Kill yourself to regain lost honorYou are assuming that he might have had honor at one time. You might be assuming too much. Other than that, you have a valid point.
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posted on
06/06/2014 4:54:38 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: Mark17
Actually hoping he’d assume he was regaining it.
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posted on
06/06/2014 5:59:36 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: KeyLargo
Were there any in his unit that refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement?
If so where are they?
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posted on
06/08/2014 12:47:04 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
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