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Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She’d be 1st woman to be a military service chief
AP News ^ | 7/21/23 | LOLITA C. BALDOR

Posted on 07/21/2023 11:39:18 AM PDT by Levy78

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, a senior administration official said Friday. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to be a U.S. military service chief.

Biden’s decision to tap Franchetti, an admiral with broad command and executive experience, goes against the recommendation of his Pentagon chief, but he is selecting an officer whom insiders had considered the top choice for the job. Franchetti, the current vice chief of operations for the Navy, would become the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recommended that Biden select Adm. Samuel Paparo, the current commander of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, several U.S. officials said last month. But instead, the administration official said Biden is nominating Paparo to lead U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the nomination has not been made public.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: checkbox; franchetti; lisafranchetti; navy; quotasvsamerica; unfittocommand
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To: Levy78

Sure he did. You expect anything different.


41 posted on 07/21/2023 11:57:11 AM PDT by mware
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To: Levy78

What’s Lisa’s real name? Lee? Liam? Lester?


42 posted on 07/21/2023 11:57:47 AM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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To: Levy78

What could go wrong?


43 posted on 07/21/2023 11:58:54 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: thinden

Is this a biological female or is it a mentally ill trans man?


44 posted on 07/21/2023 11:59:13 AM PDT by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: libh8er

“And University of Phoenix is not even a real university”

Give what “real” universities today are indoctrination centers for woke culture, going to an unreal university may not be a bad thing. Likely we have plenty of woke flag and general officers with Ivy League bachelors and masters degree.


45 posted on 07/21/2023 11:59:17 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: ifinnegan

I think this is anti-trans bigotry to pick a cis woman oppressor.
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What does “cis” mean? I’m asking for a friend.


46 posted on 07/21/2023 11:59:26 AM PDT by BarbM (Men who look at porn are impotent for God.)
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To: Levy78
They Did What?

I-Didnt-know


47 posted on 07/21/2023 12:00:32 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If At First You Don't Suceed, Well So Much For Skydiving ~)
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To: Drew68

Austin is a good token and won’t raise a fuss at all.


48 posted on 07/21/2023 12:00:34 PM PDT by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: Levy78
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the content of their character but by their gender."
49 posted on 07/21/2023 12:00:37 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Levy78

This to play off of “Tubberville hates women. She isn’t trans so Republicans are “simply anti women. “

Biden has always decided opposites with the experts. He has a long record of it, but I do believe unless she is unqualified kook, they should confirm her.


50 posted on 07/21/2023 12:00:50 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Levy78
Now that ought to boost morale.



51 posted on 07/21/2023 12:01:04 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Levy78

How do they know she is the first “woman”?


52 posted on 07/21/2023 12:01:15 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: Levy78

I’m thank God retired now.

Where I worked in government they were pushing women to the top. Very obvious. I have both a son and a daughter, love them both. There is no doubt that if both were to apply with the FBI, my son would have to shine like a star, while my daughter has a real chance to be accepted with the mere minimal in qualifications.


53 posted on 07/21/2023 12:01:25 PM PDT by Red6
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To: Levy78
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the content of their character but by their gender."
54 posted on 07/21/2023 12:01:49 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Vigilanteman

B. S. in journalism. She will fit right in with all the other B. S.


55 posted on 07/21/2023 12:01:53 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: dfwgator

Where else could she get course credits for “lived experience”?


56 posted on 07/21/2023 12:02:14 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: Vigilanteman

Touché !


57 posted on 07/21/2023 12:03:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

BS in journalism... navigator and jumboization coordinator....a lot to unpack here.


58 posted on 07/21/2023 12:04:12 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: BarbM
What does “cis” mean?

"Cis" is a made-up word that Leftists use to signify "normal".

If the population were divided between "trans" people and "normal" people, you might assume that the "trans" people were abnormal. But, if the population is divided between "trans" people and "cis" people, then we are all perfectly fine and no one is at all strange.

The Left loves to control language to convince people to believe things that are not true.

59 posted on 07/21/2023 12:04:57 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not a government. It's a criminal enterprise. Fear it, but do not respect it.)
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To: Levy78
Oh, and just one more thing...



60 posted on 07/21/2023 12:05:03 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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