Donald Trump's picks.....

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20 minutes ago, bullets13 said:

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Always makes you wonder when this comes out only when an appointment like this is made, no one seemed to care before and no charges were filed, seems we've seen this before.  

My only question for Hegseth was we are expecting military leaders at the highest level to look to him as their boss, not sure that would go well.

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1 hour ago, bullets13 said:

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As far as the experience, what I’d needed?

Leon Panetta was a Secretary of Defense under Obama. He sure much had great qualifications!

 But did he or was he just an insider and trusted ally of the president?

According to Wikipedia, Panetta went into the Army in 1964 as a Second Lieutenant and left the service in 1966 as a First Lieutenant. Then he went into private practice as a lawyer and over a decade later entered Congress. Apparently his big breakthrough was chief of staff to Bill Clinton.

Fast-forward to Morocco Obama’s presidency, Panetta was named CIA director because…… oh, well connected as a White House chief of staff. And hey, he did two years in the Army. As director of the CIA, Wikipedia says that he supported Barack Obama’s use of drones to strike terrorist. Well, since he supported Obama for using drones, he was picked for Secretary of Defense.

So a guy who spent two years in the Army 40 years earlier was picked because he was an insider and chief of staff for Bill Clinton and supported Barack Obama all drone strikes (I did too).

I’m not criticizing his pick as Secretary of Defense make compare hair service to a man who spent 20 years in a military, so I have three tours in combat and we’re retired as a Major. He apparently is not qualified but a two year once promoted officer because he was chief of staff for a former president, is qualified.

If it’s good for the goose, is it good for the gander?

If they have some serious issues, that can be proven with Trump‘s pick, great throw it out there, but when talking about experience, how is that even an issue?

 

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1 hour ago, bullets13 said:

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From the article:
The Post also obtained a memo which was written by an unnamed individual — who claims to be a friend of the accuser — and sent to Trump’s presidential transition team. That memo claimed Hegseth raped a 30-year-old conservative group staffer in a hotel room in Monterey in 2017, the Post reported. Police investigated the incident but Hegseth never faced charges, the memo said.

Well, you know how I feel about any of them. If they are not up to snuff, get rid of them. I believe that any one of us would be terribly upset with nothing more than accusations that somehow seem to crop up. The first sentence in the above paragraph screams of hearsay. All sources seem to be “unnamed” or “claims to be”. These accusations of Hegseth are news to me, and I know reporters do not have to give up their sources, but something seems very fishy to me….especially the timing.

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1 hour ago, bullets13 said:

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From the article:
The Post also obtained a memo which was written by an unnamed individual — who claims to be a friend of the accuser — and sent to Trump’s presidential transition team. That memo claimed Hegseth raped a 30-year-old conservative group staffer in a hotel room in Monterey in 2017, the Post reported. Police investigated the incident but Hegseth never faced charges, the memo said.

Well, you know how I feel about any of them. If they are not up to snuff, get rid of them. I believe that any one of us would be terribly upset with nothing more than accusations that somehow seem to crop up. The first sentence in the above paragraph screams of hearsay. All sources seem to be “unnamed” or “claims to be”. These accusations of Hegseth are news to me, and I know reporters do not have to give up their sources, but something seems very fishy to me….especially the timing.

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From the article:

The Post also obtained a memo which was written by an unnamed individual — who claims to be a friend of the accuser — and sent to Trump’s presidential transition team. That memo claimed Hegseth raped a 30-year-old conservative group staffer in a hotel room in Monterey in 2017, the Post reported. Police investigated the incident but Hegseth never faced charges, the memo said

You know how I feel about any of them. If they are not up to snuff, get rid of them. I believe any on of us would be very upset if accusations came up that could ruin our lives. The bold print above reeks of hearsay. I know reporters are not required to give up their sources, but “unnamed” and “claims to be” are highly questionable. What’s even more questionable to me is the timing of it all.