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Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense
The Washington Post ^
| December 1, 2016
| Dan Lamothe
Posted on 12/01/2016 1:17:17 PM PST by conservativepoet
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis to be secretary of defense, nominating a former senior military officer who led operations across the Middle East to run the Pentagon less than four years after he hung up his uniform, according to people familiar with the decision.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cabinet; defense; jamesmattis; maddog; mattis; military; secdef; trump; trumpcabinet; trumprebellion; trumpsecdef; trumptransition; trumpwinsagain; wardept
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To: Windflier
Windflier wrote:
“General Patton believed in reincarnation. You dont imagine that just maybe....
Thisll twist yer noodle. Trump was born the day after Patton died.
“
Woah...
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:01:02 PM PST
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
To: DoodleDawg
The law in question was enacted in 1962. Good! There's precedence then.
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:01:02 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(1 Tim 2:1-3)
To: conservativepoet
Oh my God! Jim’s my neighbor!
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:06:23 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: conservativepoet
Right now we have Ash Carter..but soon we will have
MADDOG!!!
To: Jim 0216
Yes, Gregory Peck played the role.
MacArthur had an ego the size of Gibraltar. He was a shameless self-promoter. And he was NOT a team player, though he was a very good administrator, which may sound contradictory. As a military strategist, though, he was average. Halsey was far superior in that regard.
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:07:00 PM PST
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Merry Christmas to you too.
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:09:47 PM PST
by
manc
( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
To: conservativepoet
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:10:06 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
To: conservativepoet
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:10:35 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
To: BRL
Who cares
A has been
Ahab
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:11:28 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
To: uncbob
I have a feeling with this guy the social engineering mess will get cleaned up in short order.
Women off ships and out of combat to start
...and then the dismantling of DACOWITS (Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services)
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:15:02 PM PST
by
VMI70
To: Behind the Blue Wall
Why is this a good choice?
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:21:05 PM PST
by
MNDude
(God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
To: conservativepoet
Somewhere, George Patton is smiling.
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:21:37 PM PST
by
Fast Moving Angel
(It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
To: WildHighlander57
Trump was born in 1946, Patton died just before Christmas, 1945.
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:22:24 PM PST
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: ought-six
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:23:41 PM PST
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Caipirabob
“..and he will go down in history as the single worst president in US history...”
I was thinking more on the lines of him being just a nasty little “fudge stain” on Lady Liberty’s under-draws. Not even a real POTUS.
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:25:16 PM PST
by
lgjhn23
(It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
To: MNDude
From everything I’ve read about him, Matrix is in the mold of the all-time great military leaders.
To: cynwoody
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:27:36 PM PST
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Caipirabob
The best part is how Obama is already beginning to fade and is being treated like the buffoon that’s always was by both the international community and industry leaders.
All those years that Obama refused to work with and negotiate his legislation with the Republicans will now destroy his legacy. Since he went around the constitution and ruled by executive decree, all his efforts are now dust in the wind and he will go down in history as the single worst president in US history followed by a golden age of Trump.
You’re right.
Obama’s legacy will be the same as used toilet paper being flushed.
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:29:47 PM PST
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: ObozoMustGo2012
To: Old_Grouch
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posted on
12/01/2016 4:31:10 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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