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Obama considering John Kerry for job of defense secretary
WaPo ^ | November 12, 2012 | Karen DeYoung and Greg Miller

Posted on 11/12/2012 4:53:41 PM PST by maggief

President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include a permanent replacement for former CIA director David H. Petraeus.

Although Kerry is thought to covet the job of secretary of state, senior administration officials familiar with transition planning said that nomination will almost certainly go to Susan E. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

John O. Brennan, Obama’s chief counterterrorism adviser, is a leading contender for the CIA job if he wants it, officials said. If Brennan goes ahead with his plan to leave government, Michael J. Morell, the agency’s acting director, is the prohibitive favorite to take over permanently. Officials cautioned that the White House discussions are still in the early phases and that no decisions have been made.

Petraeus’s resignation last week after revelations of an extramarital affair have complicated what was already an intricate puzzle to reassemble the administration’s national security and diplomatic pieces for Obama’s second term.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; bhosecdef; kerry; navyseals; panetta; petraeus; stuckiniraq; threatmatrix; threatmatrixbenghazi
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To: maggief

Never happen. Kerry is not black. Van Jones will be coming back.


21 posted on 11/12/2012 5:04:58 PM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: maggief

Please tell me this is satire..its satire right...right?
But hey why not..I hear Charles Manson isn’t available for the job so why not Kerry..and you can have Rosanne Barr for Energy Secretary


22 posted on 11/12/2012 5:06:01 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: RightOnline
We should never accept any appointee who is a Democrat Senator from a state without a Republican Governor with the power to appoint a replacement.

We need to whittle down the Democrats and it is possible to do that. Obama has a lot of payoffs to make.

23 posted on 11/12/2012 5:06:32 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: maggief
No wonder Reid wants to change the filibuster rules.
24 posted on 11/12/2012 5:07:37 PM PST by stylin19a (Obama ->The Jayson Blair administration)
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To: maggief

I foresee problems with re-enlistments.

We’ve still got lots of international commitments.

A draft soon? I know the brass don’t want that, but ...


25 posted on 11/12/2012 5:08:37 PM PST by Salman
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To: maggief

Somebody get Kerry a map of So. Vietnam and Cambodia so that he doesn’t get lost again there this coming Christmas.

While you are at it, get him a “brain”. Try “Brains R Us” and if they are out, go the the Young Frankenstein graveyard and get one from A.B. Normal.


26 posted on 11/12/2012 5:09:25 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: maggief

The coward..who saved his crew...HA!

What a joke this is becoming...


27 posted on 11/12/2012 5:09:54 PM PST by Christie at the beach (I like Newt.)
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To: maggief

We’re one step closer to having the “yellow heart” medal become a reality.


28 posted on 11/12/2012 5:11:25 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: maggief
Well it's Veterans Day.....why not piss on us a little more.

I'm half tempted to send kerry a metal detector so he can go search the south lawn of the White House for the "medals" he tossed over the fence.

Years ago I gave up hate, it is wasted energy but by god I'm having a hard time keeping it as anger and not letting it turn.

29 posted on 11/12/2012 5:12:03 PM PST by Kakaze (I want The Republic back !)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

So, we’ll allow someone who has a place of honor in Ho Chi Minh museum since they considered John Kerry a hero in their victory over the United States.


30 posted on 11/12/2012 5:12:12 PM PST by griswold3 (Big Government does not tolerate rivals.)
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To: maggief

It looks like Scott Brown may be returning to the senate. MA requires special elections to replace senators.


31 posted on 11/12/2012 5:12:48 PM PST by Arthurio
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To: Gluteus Maximus
Somebody please walk me through this thing about Hillary leaving SOSUS. I assume that she’s planning a run at POTUS 2016, so if she leaves SOSUS then what does she do for the next four years?

They'll relive old times:

Bill and Hill pass time together

32 posted on 11/12/2012 5:13:35 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (Cynical about the political process. Who, me?)
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To: RightOnline; annieokie; penelopesire; maggief; Protect the Bill of Rights; thouworm; SE Mom; ...
"Now....tell me this is a sick joke.....even if it isn’t."

Nothing I could say can top that.

Of interest if you love your country.

Anyone wanting on or off this ping list, please advise.


Benghazi Index

33 posted on 11/12/2012 5:13:47 PM PST by MestaMachine
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To: maggief

Today marks 2843 days since 01/30/2005 when John Kerry promised, on national TV, to sign form SF-180 and release his military records.

34 posted on 11/12/2012 5:13:50 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: maggief

Well, we have a president who hates the United States so it’s not surprising that we’d have someone who hates the military as Secretary of Defense.


35 posted on 11/12/2012 5:14:52 PM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: maggief

Great guy for the job—any time you need someone to frag a sack of rice..


36 posted on 11/12/2012 5:15:11 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: maggief

LOL

The guy with fake purple hearts !?

The guy who knew get 3 and it`s home free so i`ll blow rice up my ass and get a scratch on my arm !?

Obama/Soetoro gets his revenge and rubs it in your face


37 posted on 11/12/2012 5:15:47 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: RightOnline

“I have a plan”


38 posted on 11/12/2012 5:17:06 PM PST by 1066AD
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To: maggief
Kerry betrayed his country and gave aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war. He is a traitor unfit to hold any public office, let alone SecDef. Worst nightmare imaginable for our warfighters. Recall his recent dissing of the military when he said only stupid people end up in the Armed Forces. Criminy, his picture hung on the wall of Hanoi's war museum until the Commies removed it when he decided to run for president. Any thought of him being in the chain of command must be quashed.
39 posted on 11/12/2012 5:17:16 PM PST by twister881
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To: tapatio
I'd like to, but it's true. Was linked on Drudge. John Kerry Considered for Secretary of Defense

How horrific!

40 posted on 11/12/2012 5:18:41 PM PST by madison10
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