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WaPo: Mattis ally Vice Adm. Harward rises to National Security shortlist after Flynn resignation
Hotair ^ | 02/14/2017 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 02/14/2017 10:03:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 02/14/2017 10:03:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Yea, get rid of everyone who thinks that NATO needs to be reformed or that the Russian shift is a brilliant move and fill the administration with hawks who obviously have something to gain with continued conflict with the Russian and placid support of Islam


2 posted on 02/14/2017 10:07:31 AM PST by wiseprince
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To: SeekAndFind

Excellent.
I trust this man. He is a SEAL.


3 posted on 02/14/2017 10:07:40 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: SeekAndFind

All this palace intrigue is killing me. Shouldn’t Pence be Trump’s right hand man?


4 posted on 02/14/2017 10:09:33 AM PST by Sybeck1
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To: BuffaloJack

WELL seals DEFINATELY know how to keep secrets, I am getting to a point where I feel Trump is ALONE trying to fight this battle!!! Who the HELL can he trust????


5 posted on 02/14/2017 10:11:16 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: SeekAndFind

No
Don’t trust pence


6 posted on 02/14/2017 10:12:30 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

I’m thinking you and I should go back there and protect President Trump...at least we know they wouldn’t hurt him in any way...

You bring your friends, and I’ll bring my biker buddies and we’ll ‘bug out’ the White House; DOJ; CIA; NSA; Pentagon, and other places...one bug, and the person is hung in the ‘town square’...


7 posted on 02/14/2017 10:14:07 AM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I want to know if the president’s phone is tapped. Id NSA and CIA tapping the phones of this administration? That is illegal!!!Who is doing this????


8 posted on 02/14/2017 10:14:26 AM PST by WENDLE (Trump RULES IMMIGRATION!! Sanctuary crap will STOP or no money. ZERO!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

One note of caution: How much control is Trump ceding to Pence and will that change the character of the Administration?


9 posted on 02/14/2017 10:14:29 AM PST by Truth29
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To: SeekAndFind

Pence is building his “House of Cards”. Don’t trust him Trump. Just use him to pass your agenda in Congress. Nothing more! (He’s not even doing that well as obamacare still exists)


10 posted on 02/14/2017 10:15:27 AM PST by wiseprince
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To: BuffaloJack

Hayward looks like a solid non-neo-con choice.


11 posted on 02/14/2017 10:17:05 AM PST by cowboyusa
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s the Presidents National,Security Advisor
Not the Vice Presidents
Especially a former governor of Indiana
I hope this report is wrong and Trump,is not as weak and unsure as this makes him sound
Pence has said some disturbing wrongheaded establishment lingo stuff about Russia that makes him sound just like a McCain- Graham stooge


12 posted on 02/14/2017 10:17:19 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: BuffaloJack

“I trust this man. He is a SEAL”

The more I read, the more I think this guy will be a good addition. Flynn, while a straight shooter and the leaks are really a problem, walked himself right into the situation.....

He knew Russia/Trump was an issue from the campaign
He knew NSA would be tapping him
And, he knew there are people in the NSA/CIA who want to bring Trump down.
He knew he was already a marked man before the call.

What else do you need to know NOT TO MAKE THE CALL! There was nothing that was needed to be said on the call that could not wait a few weeks. You have to wonder what kind of man, given his responsibilities, would be so cavalier as to place Trump in this position. Flynn, you could have been a star but you blew it and you hurt Trump.


13 posted on 02/14/2017 10:17:41 AM PST by MaxistheBest (...)
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To: SeekAndFind

It appears the President has tired of winning already. Shame, it was fun for a few weeks.


14 posted on 02/14/2017 10:19:16 AM PST by JerseyDvl (PRESIDENT TRUMP trumps hate and racism! Put some ice on it Hitlery ;-)
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“Pence has said some disturbing wrongheaded establishment lingo stuff about Russia that makes him sound just like a McCain- Graham stooge”

I’m not a big Pence fan, and thought that he completely undercut Trump at the VP debate, as you point out above. Moreover, from the same debate, I also sensed that Pence is a bit of an intellectual lightweight.

He may be a good man otherwise, but if Trump were out of the picture, would Pence keep Trump’s promises on immigration, trade, foreign policy and the like? I am not so sure.

We don’t need Bush 2.0 making policy decisions.


15 posted on 02/14/2017 10:30:42 AM PST by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: MaxistheBest
Flynn, while a straight shooter and the leaks are really a problem, walked himself right into the situation.....

All that was known by the major players, before Flynn's confirmation.

All the more reason this looks like a rope-a-dope move to smoke out some leakers.

16 posted on 02/14/2017 10:35:42 AM PST by meadsjn
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To: MaxistheBest

I’ve never known a single SEAL, SWCC or Ranger who I would not trust to keep anything from leaking.


17 posted on 02/14/2017 10:43:27 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: Truth29

Mr. Trump is not “ceding” control to Mr. Pence, he is delegating authority as required to meet his needs. He likely thinks that the VP will provide quality candidates for the position.

I am always fascinated by the reports of intrigues within an administration. All of these White House officials (save the VP, who is elected) serve at the pleasure of the President. Their power and influence depend primarily upon the President’s satisfaction with how they perform.

Even the VP could be frozen out and replaced at the next election.

Lt. Gen. Flynn resigned because Mr. Trump lost confidence in him. I get the impression that the President likes and trusts the Vice President, and was unhappy that his Nat’l Security Advisor was not completely honest with the VP.

I am not Mr. Trump’s biggest fan, his style grates on me frequently. However, I never doubted his managerial and leadership abilities. He is in charge, not the VP or the staff.


18 posted on 02/14/2017 10:57:42 AM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.)
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To: HarleyLady27

>>.one bug, and the person is hung in the ‘town square’...
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Their behaviors so far indicate they will fight toward their goal of the destruction of our free republic, “by any means necessary”.

I suspect it may well take “Italy, 1945”, version 2.0, to truly eradicate the domestic enemies.

May God give our President the courage, strength, and resolve to do whatever must be done.


19 posted on 02/14/2017 11:07:54 AM PST by Right-wing Librarian
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HarleyLady I think if this CRAP doesn’t STOP your biker buddies and thousands of other bikers WILL CONVERGE on D.C. themselves and you and I can just sit back and watch the fireworks from the safety of our homes!!! The American public has had ENOUGH I feel like Trump is ALONE trying to fight these BASTARDS!!! This IS going to come to a BOILING POINT and it won’t be long, the AVERAGE AMERICAN HAS HAD ENOUGH!!! WE FOUGHT LIKE HELL to get this man over the finish line only to find there is a SHADOW GOVERNMENT trying to take him out!!! I REALLY wish Trump had STOOD HIS GROUND with Flynn, CIA is a DANGER Flynn HATED them with a passion!!!


20 posted on 02/14/2017 11:29:13 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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