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James Mattis, former defense secretary, defends Pentagon IG fired by Trump
Fox News ^ | April 08 2020 | Dom Calicchio

Posted on 04/08/2020 4:34:41 AM PDT by knighthawk

Former Defense Secretary James Mattis went on record Tuesday to defend Glenn Fine, the Pentagon inspector general relieved of his duties by President Trump earlier in the day.

“Mr. Fine is a public servant in the finest tradition of honest. Competent governance,” Mattis wrote in an email to Yahoo News. “In my years of extensive engagement with him as our Department of Defense’s acting Inspector General, he proved to be a leader whose personal and managerial integrity were always of the highest order.”

Mattis, 69, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general, served as defense secretary from January 2017 to January 2019 – resigning after the president announced plans to pull U.S. troops from Syria.

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KEYWORDS: glennfine; ig; jamesmattis; obamaholdovers; trump
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To: knighthawk

Mattis got his stripes in an organization where he was rewarded for killing his enemies. He did well and I commend him for his many successes. In politics, however, it is important to be competent in recognizing and successfully dealing with liars. It’s obvious he doesn’t do as well in that.


21 posted on 04/08/2020 5:24:08 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Calm down and enjoy the ride, great things are happening for our country)
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To: knighthawk

Quelle surprise!


22 posted on 04/08/2020 5:24:47 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: knighthawk

Fine = Clinton appointee.


23 posted on 04/08/2020 5:24:57 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ("We're not going to make America great again. It was never that great." Andrew Cuomo)
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To: knighthawk

What part of “ serving at the pleasure of the President’ do these military used-to-be’s not get?

Everyone the President chooses not to choose, is not some kind of victim!


24 posted on 04/08/2020 5:26:00 AM PDT by silverleaf (Remember kids: You can vote your way into communism, but you have to shoot your way out!)
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To: lodi90

We need marines like Chesty Puller. Or my dad PFC ‘Vaquero’ Guadalcanal.


25 posted on 04/08/2020 5:26:06 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: knighthawk

Why don’t these former public officials just STFU!


26 posted on 04/08/2020 5:26:40 AM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: Vaquero

We need marines like Chesty Puller.


Agree. If Obama or another Democrat had got our kids killed Mattis types couldn’t care less. It sad to see service loyalists defend a partisan dirt bag like Mattis.


27 posted on 04/08/2020 5:42:09 AM PDT by lodi90 (Flubro)
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To: knighthawk

Of course he would. Turds of a feather stink together. This asshole is a quisling and embarrassment to the Marine Corps.


28 posted on 04/08/2020 5:42:15 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Bruiser 10

“Mattis and all of them are part of the military-industrial-political complex.”
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Ike would add...”congressional” to that!
Re Ike Farewell Speech (unedited version)!
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GunnyG@PlanetWTF?/WNW!
SemperTRUMP.45!
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29 posted on 04/08/2020 5:42:36 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: Bruiser 10

“Mattis and all of them are part of the military-industrial-political complex.”
+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ike would add...”congressional” to that!
Re Ike Farewell Speech (unedited version)!
*****
GunnyG@PlanetWTF?/WNW!
SemperTRUMP.45!
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30 posted on 04/08/2020 5:42:43 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: knighthawk

The bureaucracy, just like the elected offices, NEEDS to be cleaned out periodically. Otherwise, entrenched, unaccountable, group think, internal cliques and coalitions develop, not to carry out policy as set by the elected government but to shape it to their own views.


31 posted on 04/08/2020 5:56:40 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: knighthawk

Turd eating dog Mattis has all the character assessment skills of a deep state dope.


32 posted on 04/08/2020 5:56:55 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: knighthawk

Mattis needs to STHU!!!!


33 posted on 04/08/2020 6:29:13 AM PDT by MGunny ( Al)
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To: knighthawk

Mattis offers proof that Donald Trump was right to fire the a-hole.


34 posted on 04/08/2020 6:34:50 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: knighthawk

Not a bit surprized.


35 posted on 04/08/2020 8:45:09 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: knighthawk

Yahoo News. An oxymoron.


36 posted on 04/08/2020 8:45:55 AM PDT by dhouston
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To: Moonman62

He epitomized “the Emperor has no clothes.”

Happy to see that Jimmy, who was NOT what the smiling face would indicate, finally, being seen by some people.


37 posted on 04/08/2020 8:58:13 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: knighthawk

The sorting process continues.

And it’s so much easier when they self-sort.


38 posted on 04/08/2020 9:54:36 AM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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