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Hagel Said to Be Stepping Down as Defense Chief Under Pressure
nytimes.com ^ | November 24, 2014 | Helene Cooper

Posted on 11/24/2014 6:26:14 AM PST by ilovesarah2012

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To: Chgogal
Hagel’s reputation hasn't changed regardless of where he's appointed....however I will give him the fact he is loyal to our country and the military.....but decision wise and overall ability to fill the shoes of this position was much debatable to begin with and why he wasn't deemed the best fit.

I suspect Obam thought, for these reasons, he could manipulate Hagel to his way of thinking, but Hagel’s always had his own way of viewing things.....any Republican is not going to fair well with Obama...well... apart from lapdog McCain.

101 posted on 11/24/2014 10:41:10 AM PST by caww
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Always.


102 posted on 11/24/2014 11:30:07 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: caww

Remember while Prez. Obola was on vacation at Martha’s Vineyard and Dempsey and Hagel brought ISIS to the forefront and then came the beheading? Prez. Obola was stripped naked for all to see. After that, his disapproval went down to hell, well almost. FYI, Hagel is a doofus. But his appointment is a reflection on Prez. Obola. Hagel accepting it is a reflection on him. I would have refused to work for this administration.


103 posted on 11/24/2014 11:53:23 AM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: PhilCollins

Open Borders Butch ?


104 posted on 11/24/2014 1:04:54 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: ilovesarah2012
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has struggled to stay ahead of an onslaught of global crises.

Ha haaaaaaa! Yeah. It's hard to stay ahead of the onslaught when you work for the guy who is causing it.

105 posted on 11/24/2014 1:43:10 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: BlueStateRightist

Correct. He liked it that way.


106 posted on 11/24/2014 2:35:22 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Texas Eagle

Amen. And surprisingly that’s almost the way NBC Nightly News just characterized it. Obama and his White House came off, even on their sycophant network, as the equivalent to the LBJ WH during Vietnam as they told the Hagel story.


107 posted on 11/24/2014 3:52:28 PM PST by John W (Al Gore Global Warming King frozen stiffer)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Lot of tap-dancing going on today. “He’s Mr. Wonderful, we love him, he served his office with honor and distinction, but he’s gotta go.”

It’s obvious that The Imam is throwing Hagel under the bus for a foreign policy that is an utter failure on every front. Hagel was picked for the job because he’s a follower. All he did was travel the world and mumble into a microphone that we’re doing our best to handle situations that fell out of the sky onto Buttcrack Hussein.

I still remember his confirmation hearings. He was either drunk or he’s seriously lost a step mentally. Dude’s a multi-millionaire and approaching 70 years old. He should’ve retired in 2009 and gone nowhere near a govt. office ever again.


108 posted on 11/24/2014 4:06:12 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Visualize whirled peas.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I never wanted Hagel in his office but i have to say, i feel sorry for him. Ending his public service in such a brutally public manner can’t be easy. I always did feel that he was overwhelmed. To be honest, i often thought he was drunk.


109 posted on 11/24/2014 4:24:46 PM PST by lee martell
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To: lee martell

He does look like a serious drinker. But I would be, too, if I worked for Obama.


110 posted on 11/24/2014 4:25:40 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Texas Eagle

Chuck Hagel struggled to be a functional person. It’s funny that they talk about him like he fought the good fight every day. Chuck never got out of the starting blocks. I have no doubt that he’s less competent than Robert McNamara ever was as SecDef, but he did less damage because he didn’t think big, he just sleep-walked through the job.


111 posted on 11/24/2014 4:25:45 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Visualize whirled peas.)
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To: lee martell; ilovesarah2012

Hehe, three posts in a row saying that Chuck came off as drunk all the time. I agree, it is what it is.


112 posted on 11/24/2014 4:29:12 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Visualize whirled peas.)
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To: Tzfat

Amen to your comment. The sorry part is WHO will the scum replace this scum with??? Maybe Weasley Clark.


113 posted on 11/24/2014 4:34:40 PM PST by RetiredArmy (MARANATHA, MARANATHA, Come quickly LORD Jesus!!! Father send thy Son!! Its Time!)
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To: ilovesarah2012
This is why Prez. Obola fired Hagel:

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/11/24/hagel-unchained-departing-defense-secretary-fire-parting-shots-in-interview-last-week/

Rose asked Hagel to elaborate on comments that he made in a speech at the Reagan Library last weekend. In that speech, Hagel said that America’s military capability, while still the best in the world, is being threatened.

Hagel re-iterated that to Rose, but also left viewers to wonder about the direction that President Obama is taking the military.

“I am worried about it, I am concerned about it, Chairman Dempsey is, the chiefs are, every leader of this institution,” Hagel said, including Pentagon leadership but leaving both President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden’s names out of his list of officials who are worried about the U.S. military’s declining capability. Hagel said that the Congress and the American people need to know what while the U.S. military remains the strongest, best trained and most motivated in the world, its lead is being threatened because of policies being implemented now.

While President Obama has downplayed the ISIS threat, even calling the group “jayvee” as it rose to power, Hagel warned last week that it is a threat unlike any other we have ever faced.

“We’ve never seen an organization like ISIL that is so well-organized, so well-trained, so well-funded, so strategic, so brutal, so completely ruthless,” Hagel said. “We have never seen anything quite like that in one institution.

“And then they blend in ideology — which will eventually lose, we get that — and social media. The sophistication of their social media program is something that we’ve never seen before. You blend all of that together, that is an incredibly powerful new threat.”

114 posted on 11/24/2014 4:44:08 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Chgogal; All
"Hagel re-iterated that to Rose,
but also left viewers to wonder about the direction
that President Obama is taking the military."


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115 posted on 11/24/2014 4:50:28 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: ilovesarah2012

OK, guys.

I read the article and All comments.

So, what are we, and particularly the military, going to do about it.

It is obvious that those behind the ‘traitors’ occupying our White House intend on destroying our military capabilities.

It is finally time all of us did something to stop the enemies of liberty.


116 posted on 11/24/2014 5:42:30 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: ilovesarah2012; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; ...

Active Duty ping.


117 posted on 11/24/2014 5:46:47 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: Tzfat

Coward - traitor - You can say that again...


118 posted on 11/24/2014 5:50:45 PM PST by eleni121 ("All Along the Watchmaker" Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Ha! Ha! Ha! Hagel laid down with some dogs and got up with fleas. I think it’s hilarious.


119 posted on 11/24/2014 7:02:21 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: ilovesarah2012

If he appoints a muslim a majority, if not all, of the republicans will vote to confirm. It’s a religion of peace, you know.


120 posted on 11/24/2014 7:04:31 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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