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McCain blocks Defense nominees to get Afghanistan war info
Stars & Stripes ^ | 10/17/17 | Richard Lardner

Posted on 10/17/2017 6:12:37 PM PDT by markomalley

The chairman of the influential Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday he'll hold up President Donald Trump's nominees for key Defense Department posts until the administration delivers details about its new strategy for the war in Afghanistan.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said his committee needs the particulars in order to properly outfit the U.S. armed forces with training and equipment.

"If we don't get the information we need, we can't do that," he told reporters.

McCain said the Trump administration acts as though Congress isn't a co-equal branch of government, "and that they don't have to respond to what the Constitution says."

Trump in August outlined in broad strokes his plan for Afghanistan, declaring that American troops would "fight to win" by attacking enemies, "crushing" al-Qaida and preventing terrorist attacks against Americans. As part of the plan, the Pentagon is boosting troop numbers by about 3,500, augmenting the roughly 11,000 Americans currently stationed there.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: johnmcisis; mccain4isis; mccain4terrorists; mccainvsamerica
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To: markomalley

I don’t trust McCain....never have, never will


21 posted on 10/17/2017 6:40:10 PM PDT by blastdad51 (Typical middle-aged white patriot.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“What’s taking that glioblastoma so long?”

You’re bad!!! LOL!

Did you catch the article about the D.C. pharmacy that said they deliver Alzheimer meds to Capital Hill? Sounds like at least 10 patients. Aunt Nancy has to be #1 on the list.


22 posted on 10/17/2017 6:44:44 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: markomalley

McCain has been and is now a Democrat. A military retiree with few prospects, the putative war hero divorced his wife, and married an Arizona beer baron’s daughter. He understood perfectly that if he was to play politics in Arizona he would have to do so as a Republican. Being of no particular ideological bent it was easy for him to join a club of like-minded individuals. His nomination for the presidency was perhaps the biggest joke of all, if not in the history of American politics. Most Republicans sensed it, and only Sarah Palin saved McCain from a thrashing of historic proportions. Yet he sticks around because the Arizona voter can be honestly labeled the most stupid in all the Republic.


23 posted on 10/17/2017 6:45:56 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: butlerweave

-——Remove him as chairman for medical reasons-——

That’s up to the post turtle Mitch, not Trump....

So don’t hold your breath...it isn’t happening


24 posted on 10/17/2017 6:45:56 PM PDT by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Agreed. I never thought I would be rooting for cancer.


25 posted on 10/17/2017 7:18:46 PM PDT by nonliberal (Sent from a payphone in a whorehouse in Mexico)
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To: entropy12

Not to mention the insults Trump threw at McCain this last election cycle.

I’m not sure whether it’s jealousy or resentment, but either way, McCain is completely and irretrievably around the bend over Trump. Plus, McCain’s secondary claim to fame is his alleged ability to work with Democrats (more precisely, his unceasing willingness to capitulate to them) so under these conditions, he can fight Trump all the way on every topic, act like a True Democrat, and yeah, there’s the war hero thing (that no Dem is) that’s always in the background. So he is so very, very special in his McCain-ness and so deserving of the attention showered upon him. Lately, I even notice a smallish gap between McCain and Linda Graham, his erstwhile love interest.


26 posted on 10/17/2017 7:40:19 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: markomalley

McCain will soon be going to that great POW camp in the sky..


27 posted on 10/17/2017 7:51:36 PM PDT by Swirl
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To: Swirl

Dang! You win the internet for the day!!


28 posted on 10/17/2017 7:52:14 PM PDT by Professional
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To: markomalley

Tick tick tock...McCain’s gonna run out of clock...

I do so wonder what Soros and Clinton have on him to have turned him into such a traitor?


29 posted on 10/17/2017 7:55:27 PM PDT by Professional
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To: markomalley

From the article: “Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said his committee needs the particulars in order to properly outfit the U.S. armed forces with training and equipment.”

also from the article: “Trump in August outlined in broad strokes his plan for Afghanistan, declaring that American troops would “fight to win” by attacking enemies, “crushing” al-Qaida and preventing terrorist attacks against Americans. As part of the plan, the Pentagon is boosting troop numbers by about 3,500, augmenting the roughly 11,000 Americans currently stationed there.”

I’d suggest Mr. McCain reach for the book of standards where he’ll find all the information he needs to outfit the additional troops as the President has outlined.


30 posted on 10/17/2017 8:34:05 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: markomalley

Traitorous to the end! ESAD, McNuts!


31 posted on 10/17/2017 8:37:58 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Professional
I do so wonder what Soros and Clinton have on him to have turned him into such a traitor?

He didn't even know who Soros or Clinton were while he was a traitorous guest in Viet Nam! Yeah! His traitorous ways go back that far!

32 posted on 10/17/2017 8:40:58 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Professional

They probably have all the info he gave to his nva captors plus proof that there are still POW’s being held.


33 posted on 10/17/2017 9:08:50 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: butlerweave

Agreed he needs to be removed from any committee chairs then pushed down the stairs. What is the process for booting senate chairs?


34 posted on 10/17/2017 9:31:01 PM PDT by datricker (Cut Taxes Repeal ACA Deport DACA - Americans First, Build the Wall, Lock her up MAGA!)
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To: datricker

Majority Leader can remove chairs, although technically I think there is wrangling in the caucus. Committee chairman generally follow seniority, although big fundraisers get ahead faster, and senators don’t usually get more than one of the big time committee chair.

Next up in Senate Armed Services would be Inhofe or Wicker.


35 posted on 10/17/2017 9:42:10 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

Thank you for the explanation.


36 posted on 10/17/2017 9:51:43 PM PDT by datricker (Cut Taxes Repeal ACA Deport DACA - Americans First, Build the Wall, Lock her up MAGA!)
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To: markomalley

Proving Peter Doocy’s question was spot on the mark....


37 posted on 10/18/2017 2:59:54 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Wait a minute... Trump insulted every potential rival in 2016, low energy Jebraan, lying Ted, begging for endorsement Linda,,,


38 posted on 10/18/2017 5:53:41 AM PDT by entropy12 (The cheap labor express, ultra-rich-donor class owns 99.99% of career politicians!)
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To: markomalley

The Taliban wants to know.


39 posted on 10/18/2017 9:13:48 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: reasonisfaith

Juan is so brain damaged that he wouldn’t recognize if he was feeding intel to our enemies. Time for that bitter old fool to go ...


40 posted on 10/18/2017 10:16:14 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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