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Trump to speak on national security from USS Iowa battleship
The Hill ^ | 9/5/15 | Mark Hensch

Posted on 09/04/2015 8:17:26 PM PDT by BigEdLB

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump will deliver an address on national security and veterans' issues from the USS Iowa, a retired battleship, on Sept. 15.

"Donald Trump is a long-standing supporter of veterans and the military and we are honored that he has chosen our organization and event for his major national security address,” said Joel Arends, chairman of the Veterans for a Strong America (VSA), in a statement on Thursday announcing the event.

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


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; battleship; election2016; military; nationalsecurity; newyork; trump; ussiowa
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To: This_far

If the Gecko can do a commercial about the military on the deck of the Iowa . . .


81 posted on 09/05/2015 3:23:19 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: wolfman23601
General Foods, General Mills, Washington Generals.

Seriously, when Trump meets with his military team, he will actually listen to them, unlike Zero and Cankles.

82 posted on 09/05/2015 3:47:49 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: This_far

I wonder if Rhianna might make an appearance . . .


83 posted on 09/05/2015 3:49:52 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS
Seriously, when Trump meets with his military team, he will actually listen to them, unlike Zero and Cankles.

When does Trump listen to anyone? Besides, he had a year in military school so he already considers himself an expert on military matters.

84 posted on 09/05/2015 3:56:10 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: BigEdLB; elhombrelibre
Its good to compare Trump to others

Obama would first show his foreign policy cards when he asked Richard Luger to be his mentor. Then when he began his campaign he hired Colin Powell and Dan Shapiro as advisors and Shapiro has had key jobs under Obama. So most knew Obama's policies would be Realist/Pragmatist

Romney would announce his foreign policy advisory team in Sept/Oct 2011 and give a policy speech at the Citadel. Since they were Realists and NeoCons most could predict his foreign policy.

Jeb Bush earlier this year met with both NeoCon Paul Wolfowitz and Realist James Baker.

Most all of the candidates have said or done things that give clues.

Rubio and Walker lean NeoCon. Christie leans Realist. Rand Paul has tried to project himself as a Realist but the way he votes in committee indicates he is an isolationist and his father was an isolationist.

But that doesn't always pan out. George Bush ran as a Realist but became a NeoCon, until 2006 when he shifted to the Realists. Bush started with Scott Bremer(NeoCon) in Iraq then shifted to Petreaus, Allen, and Crocker(Realists). Obama would put these same 3 men in charge of Afghanistan in 2010.

Reagan was a NeoCon in his first term and a Realist in his second term.

Trump likes to talk vaguely but never says anything substantive, whether the subject is foreign policy, immigration, or trade.

Are you curious as to whether Trump would be a unilateralist or a multilateralist? A counter-insurgent or counter-terrorist?

85 posted on 09/05/2015 4:20:35 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: BigEdLB
"I got some more Nigerian names for ya!"

That didn't seem to bother Hugh Hewitt. But then again Dubya loved them Mexican slave laborers

86 posted on 09/05/2015 5:06:03 AM PDT by montag813 (Bring Back Tar and Feathers)
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To: wolfman23601
Can Trump name 3 active generals?

Perhaps he can name of some these guys, er I mean gals...

...all recent Obama promotions.

87 posted on 09/05/2015 5:09:31 AM PDT by montag813 (Bring Back Tar and Feathers)
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To: montag813

One thing for sure, should Trump become CinC, we’ll see much better looking women in such confabs.


88 posted on 09/05/2015 5:13:33 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: All
Not to be outdone, Jebbie will speak on US ntl security
to the crowd gathered at the Chipotle takeout counter.
89 posted on 09/05/2015 5:29:07 AM PDT by Liz
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To: dragnet2
Ask Hugh Blewitt the length of the guns.

52 calibers.

90 posted on 09/05/2015 6:04:58 AM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (Just scream and leap. Then Donate to Freerepublic.com)
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To: Rusty0604

That’s awful. And his “God’s green earth” has become a pet peeve. Isn’t it blue?


91 posted on 09/05/2015 6:26:21 AM PDT by Rona Badger (Heeds the calling wind.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

He’d have to turn back time.


92 posted on 09/05/2015 7:10:17 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: BigEdLB

Is deprecating POW’s (and thus their ordeals) an indication of Donald Trump’s “strong support for the military”? You don’t know about this? Or have conveniently acquired amnesia?

Those Trump statements on POW’s and by implication to some on all veterans and those now serving will be put front and center in the election by the Democrats.

Too many Republicans have suddenly acquired amnesia combined with mass myopia.


93 posted on 09/05/2015 7:42:14 AM PDT by mtntop3
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To: Daffynition

That isn’t the USS Obama? I’d be willing to bet heavily that Obama has completed more rounds since 2008 than Trump has.


94 posted on 09/05/2015 7:45:24 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: DoodleDawg
Oh, please. You can't be that stupid. No one gets where he gets without listening to all sorts of experts: lawyers, accountants, builders, electricians, union people, entertainers, on and on.

No he doesn't "consider himself an expert." I've never heard him say that. He said he'd "FIND" the best experts. For a businessman over a year away from having to take office, I'd say he was light years ahead of where Eisenhower was, inversely, in his knowledge of commerce/trade/business, or where TR was (who NEVER ran a real business). Every president learns on the job. Governors are notoriously weak on foreign policy, senators great---but usually failures at overall administration. Andrew Jackson didn't know anything about the economy. Lincoln knew far more about business than the military (and was usually ridiculed unfairly for his lack of military knowledge).

95 posted on 09/05/2015 8:10:07 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: This_far

I wasn’t trying to bring down the constitution; just making a sarcastic remark to defend free speech. I’m glad you got the point.


96 posted on 09/05/2015 8:16:08 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Joe 6-pack

It’s unclear whether Cher intended that to be a metaphor for the *endowment* she seeks in a man; or, by emphasizing the *bore* of the armament in juxtaposition to her spread legs, she is suggesting the “hotdog down a hallway” syndrome...


97 posted on 09/05/2015 8:27:20 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: PA Engineer

+1


98 posted on 09/05/2015 8:27:53 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: montag813

(from left to right):

Rachel Maddow, Bruce Jenner, Patrick Buchanan in drag, Fairy Hardcastle from C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength.

99 posted on 09/05/2015 8:35:17 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: LS

What’s his name, the toesucker, said Clinton didn’t even come CLOSE to making a foreign policy decision for his first two years in office.


100 posted on 09/05/2015 8:40:16 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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