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Who Will Replace Chuck Hagel?
The Atlantic ^ | November 24, 2014 | Russell Berman

Posted on 11/24/2014 1:54:29 PM PST by Zakeet

President Obama will be naming his fourth secretary of defense in six years. Will he choose the first woman to run the Pentagon?

Even before Chuck Hagel's resignation from the Defense Department became official, the names of a pair of longtime Pentagon veterans had already surfaced as top contenders to replace him as secretary: Michele Flournoy and Ashton Carter.

Flournoy and Carter have been through this wringer before: Both were floated as possible Pentagon chiefs earlier in Obama's presidency, and both have served at the highest levels of the department. A third candidate, Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, said through a spokesman on Monday he was not interested in the post.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cabinet; defense; hagel
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To: Zakeet


Time for a promotion.
21 posted on 11/24/2014 2:15:09 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Zakeet

22 posted on 11/24/2014 2:16:46 PM PST by EEGator
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To: VanDeKoik

“I got some yellow cake right here!”


23 posted on 11/24/2014 2:16:49 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Zakeet

Who Will Replace Chuck Hagel?

Obama could care less as long as he gets the First Female ,I think he has the record of First useless appointments


24 posted on 11/24/2014 2:16:54 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: VanDeKoik

Mos Def is a solid choice.


25 posted on 11/24/2014 2:17:13 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Zakeet

"To tell the truth, which I never do to Americans,
the choice is between Hasan, Bergdahl, or one of the Generals
I released form Gitmo. It is so difficult to choose."

26 posted on 11/24/2014 2:21:18 PM PST by Diogenesis
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To: Zakeet

whoopee goldberg,,
Øbama feels she is qualified Im sure...


27 posted on 11/24/2014 2:23:08 PM PST by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: Zakeet

Bill Ayers? Jane Fonda?


28 posted on 11/24/2014 2:26:22 PM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: albie

Your right, There will be another goose stepper hoisted into that position. Another fascist suck ass.


29 posted on 11/24/2014 2:28:36 PM PST by Busko
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To: Zakeet

yet another sycophant


30 posted on 11/24/2014 2:30:21 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Zakeet

They called me a month ago. I turned them down.


31 posted on 11/24/2014 2:41:37 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Stop wishing for a perfect world. You may get it. Who will you talk to then?)
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To: Zakeet
Who Will Replace Chuck Hagel?

With so many gay and lesbian candidates from which to choose, who can tell?

32 posted on 11/24/2014 2:42:27 PM PST by The Duke
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To: Zakeet

One of the Castro brothers


33 posted on 11/24/2014 2:46:07 PM PST by DFG ("Dumb, Dependent, and Democrat is no way to go through life" - Louie Gohmert (R-TX))
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To: Zakeet

Michael Sam the hero, she’s out of work.


34 posted on 11/24/2014 2:49:26 PM PST by FreedomGuru (Time for torches and pitchforks.)
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To: Zakeet
A black communist will take this communist place..now dippy has fired Chuck Hagel and he will be replaced by a black communist..
35 posted on 11/24/2014 3:11:42 PM PST by PLD
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To: Zakeet

If it were me I’d appoint a retired general officer with broad experience beyond the Pentagon. I would nominate James Jones.


36 posted on 11/24/2014 3:12:23 PM PST by clintonh8r ( BRILLIANT, WITTY (but incendiary)TAG LINE REMOVED BY MODERATORS.)
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To: skeeter

Exactly.That is the type of garbage he will hire.


37 posted on 11/24/2014 3:14:02 PM PST by PLD
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To: Zakeet

John McCain.


38 posted on 11/24/2014 3:14:03 PM PST by Ted Grant
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To: Zakeet
Question: Who will replace Chuck Hagel?

Answer: An even greater incompetent. I suggest the recently removed "Captain" Wayne Brown as a replacement for Hagel.

39 posted on 11/24/2014 3:25:43 PM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: Ted Grant

Chelsea Clinton


40 posted on 11/24/2014 3:26:44 PM PST by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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