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Army officials on ‘pink slip’ controversy: We don’t have a choice
The Washington Post ^ | July 23, 2014 | Dan Lamothe

Posted on 07/25/2014 4:25:46 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

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Nice job, Hagel!
1 posted on 07/25/2014 4:25:46 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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can’t afford to pay these guys protecting and defending us cause obammy gots to give stuff to the bottom feeders.
obammyu’s people, the leaches.


2 posted on 07/25/2014 4:28:21 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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I believe the actions are for show, posturing.

When the Republicans take the Senate and can redo the budget and smooth out the mandatory sequester, the issue will be resolved. The temporary discomfort is necessary to assure the Republicans get the Senate back.

People don’t act, they react. Reaction will toss Dingy Harry off the floor.


3 posted on 07/25/2014 4:29:18 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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Lists are made public on a given day regardless of where everyone is.

Would you like it better if they waited until the individual got back to home station?

In that case everyone stateside would get the notice while somebody who just deployed for eight months would think they were safe - until the day they step off the plane and are handed to notice.


4 posted on 07/25/2014 4:30:34 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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Nice job, Hagel!

No kidding. So embarrassing that he is a Republican. I hate him more than Linda and McCain.


5 posted on 07/25/2014 4:32:26 AM PDT by napscoordinator (I guarantee every FRiend Misses the lost opportunity of a President Santorum!)
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putting domestic politics ahead of the security of our nation

Well, all those 'Bama hos need their 'Bama phones, don'cha know.
Gotta get that vote-buying money from somewhere - it's not like he can just print it!

Oh.... wait...

6 posted on 07/25/2014 4:33:11 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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Obama doesn’t give a damn about those people,,,they’re just “votes” to him.


7 posted on 07/25/2014 4:34:13 AM PDT by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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Sad Sack, HAPLESS HAGEL is the perfect guy for Obama!!! EVIL.


8 posted on 07/25/2014 4:35:50 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Obama’s America.

Plenty of money for illegal aliens, none for the guys who protect our lives.


9 posted on 07/25/2014 4:44:36 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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IMO, odumbo wants these “leaders” to be purged before his EO to call for Marshall Law. He has already gotten rid of numerous high ranking officers. U.S. citizens are getting fed up with odumbo and the potential for a revolution is great. If there are no “leaders” to direct any potential threat against him, a revolution will be hard pressed to succeed.
10 posted on 07/25/2014 4:56:44 AM PDT by DaveA37
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I do not believe that “money” is the issue. Odumbo gives away billions and there is no money to pay the folks who protect this nation (and his behind)??????????


11 posted on 07/25/2014 4:58:42 AM PDT by DaveA37
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took 10 re-plies ... we’re slowin’ down.


12 posted on 07/25/2014 4:59:46 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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The Army went through this after Vietnam and again after the First Gulf War. The nation needs the Army to fight its wars, but less so when those wars are over. The Air Force and Navy are more glamorous and their weapons systems are much more attractive to members of Congress.

Obama needs the money to pay for his amnesty program and to bail out irresponsible cities like Detroit and Flint. And don’t forget the money we need to spend to save the planet and line the pockets of Obama donors. Creating a liberal paradise requires sacrifices and who better to have to make those sacrifices than right wing nutcases who answered their countries call. They are probably all gun owners.


13 posted on 07/25/2014 5:02:42 AM PDT by centurion316
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They are all just Genghis Kahns anyway. /s

Now, they'll be on the domestic terrorist list.

14 posted on 07/25/2014 5:09:44 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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This Bullsh!t. Military pinkslips will ruin and disrupt the lives of the servicemen. I was onboard a destroyer for 11 months after joining the Navy, when Johnson gave out pink slips. I left active duty after a little over a year. That was 1963. In 1968 they told me that I hadn’t served a continuous 24 term of active service, so I was subject to recall. I was yanked out of college, 4 months short of completion and shipped off to Viet Nam. It was 9 years before I was able to complete college and get my degree. If anyone thinks it will be different for the guys getting these pink slips now, then you probably believe that everything coming out of Obama’s mouth is the truth and nothing but the truth.


15 posted on 07/25/2014 5:18:56 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Unarmed people cannot defend themselves. America is no longer a Free Country.)
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Meanwhile we’re flying, feeding and housing “Dreamers” all across the country.


16 posted on 07/25/2014 5:25:13 AM PDT by skeeter
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One of the few things the Constitution actually gives the Federal Government and this administration is laying waste to it.

Where will tomorrow’s leaders come from?

Never mind, we all know...


17 posted on 07/25/2014 5:25:52 AM PDT by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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It is time. For the Constitution and the Republic.


18 posted on 07/25/2014 5:34:57 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: centurion316

Not so. We (The USAF) had a big Reduction In Force (RIF) of O-3’s back in 1992. Many of those Captains had a week or so to clear out. I remember the commander/OIC of our Security Police squadron at San Vito dei Normanni AS in Italy was notified on Monday and by Friday his household goods were shipped out, and he, his wife and kids were on a plane back to the USA.

He was one of thousands on that USAF RIF.


19 posted on 07/25/2014 6:02:22 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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Pink slips...Forgotten veterans....Freeing terrorists for a deserter... Problems with the VA.... Defense cuts...Obama and his minions hate the military....  photo DIE_zpsca7fa51d.gif
20 posted on 07/25/2014 6:13:23 AM PDT by baddog 219
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