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Obama to nominate Army
Gen. Rodriguez to lead AFRICOM
Stars and Stripes, by Jennifer Hlad
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Posted By:Robinsolana, 10/27/2012 5:50:00 PM
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| Washington — President Barack Obama will nominate Army Gen. David Rodriguez to succeed Gen. Carter Ham as commander of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Lt. Gen. John Paxton to succeed Gen. Joseph Dunford as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Thursday. Both appointments must be confirmed by the Senate. Rodriguez is the commander of U.S. Army Forces Command and has served in a “variety of key leadership roles on the battlefield,” Panetta said. He’s “a proven leader” who oversaw coalition and Afghan forces during
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Comments:
Nothing to see here,
except the rumor that General Ham was unexpectedly relieved of duty when he tried to send help to Benghazi.
Ham was at the key spot in the chain of command and apparently tried to save our heroes fighting Al Qaeda in Benghazi. Orders for his removal came through within minutes.
This is getting very ugly, betrayal often is.
The complicit media is attempting a total shutdown of this Benghazi story.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
4Justice, 10/27/2012 6:04:41 PM (No. 8967877)
Is it the gray fatigues or do both those guys look like zombies??
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Photoonist, 10/27/2012 6:08:09 PM (No. 8967880)
The nominations must be confirmed by the Senate. That gives Republicans a chance to call for a hearing on WHY Ham was asked to resign, if that happened. But will they go after the truth?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
killerbee, 10/27/2012 6:11:44 PM (No. 8967890)
It may have something to do with Benghazi, but Ace of Spades doesn't think so because of the location of that fleet. It's entirely possible Obama just wants to nominate a man with a Latin last name before the election. He has admitted that he's depending on the kindness of minorities.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
enuf8, 10/27/2012 6:15:26 PM (No. 8967902)
More people are speaking up - obama is digging his hole deeper and deeper; he'll soon reach China.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
mercedesops, 10/27/2012 6:19:06 PM (No. 8967917)
Joe Dunford is one great Marine. Unlike John Allen he will not suck up to Obama who hopefully will be retired to Hawaii
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Mai Bad, 10/27/2012 6:30:30 PM (No. 8967943)
Yo..yo...Hambone got a backbone so he got to go!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Smaj, 10/27/2012 6:39:48 PM (No. 8967963)
General Rodriguez is most assuredly not a zombie. He's the best 4-star in the Army. And he won't be a lapdog for the moral cowards in Washington.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
BuckeyeRon, 10/27/2012 6:53:59 PM (No. 8967994)
#3...agree with the first part of your assessment. But my tinfoil reading surrounds the fact that the USS Stennis (out of Norfolk) replaced the USS Enterprise (out of Norfolk) as it departed for its final trip home. The Enterprise battlegroup was at port in Italy a couple of weeks ago. Was it in the Med or close to Libya earlier, during the 9/11 attack? Was there outrage expressed by the Admiral commanding the Stennis via the National Military Command Center (which had to be lit up) that the F18s aboard the Enterprise which are always at the ready, were not cut loose to help? The facts will come out over the next few months, but what must happen now is to have the drone video and audio tape release before 11/06...
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 10/27/2012 7:08:42 PM (No. 8968017)
How would you like to have Stalin or Mouselinni offer you a big promotion........at the last minute ?
For what ?
10 days of power ?
Mighty crowded under THE BUS these days.
I think this is the part where the criminals begin to squabble among themselves as they are interrogated by the cops.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
St. Pitbull, 10/27/2012 7:11:25 PM (No. 8968024)
Interesting quote in the article: "He’s “a proven leader” who oversaw coalition and Afghan forces during the surge in Afghanistan, and “was the key architect of the successful campaign plan that we are now implementing,” Panetta said."
How is it determined that its a "successful campaign plan" if it is just now being implemented? Doesn't a plan usually need to be completed before it's success is determined?
Oh, Panetta said it - wasn't he the architect of our success in Benghazi?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
AppleAnnie, 10/27/2012 7:24:50 PM (No. 8968046)
Obama's Saturday night massacre: Ham, Danford and earlier today, Rear Admiral Gaouette of the Stennis group. It's really hitting the fan. Four dead and at least three ruined. Outrageous abuse of power by a punk.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
jntsrgn, 10/27/2012 7:35:05 PM (No. 8968062)
poster #7, everyone said the same thing about David "lapdog" Petraeus.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
pineledger, 10/27/2012 8:02:47 PM (No. 8968119)
This is a major part of the Benghazi scandal fallout.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
wepeople, 10/27/2012 8:37:26 PM (No. 8968185)
Ham made a statement to Fox news after they questioned him as to why he didn't respond by saying that he was never asked to help and now the axe is falling. We need to storm Washington with pitchforks & torches. This is sedition at the highest levels by binders, b##s**ter & bayonets.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Tlyons1, 10/27/2012 9:20:04 PM (No. 8968281)
Wasn't Patreus the one who laid outthe ROE before taking over the new job! ???
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
MickTurn, 10/28/2012 10:49:52 AM (No. 8969251)
Hmmm, pandering for the Hispanic vote...You Betcha!
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Benghazi:
Where does the buck stop?
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PowerLine, by Scott Johnson
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Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/28/2012 10:13:49 AM
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Who is responsible for the failure to answer the urgent pleas for help that were issued during the attack in Benghazi? Paul considered the question yesterday here, reasonably attributing the responsibility to President Obama.
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Obama did not deny requests
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AgenciaAngloPress, by Staff
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Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/28/2012 9:45:49 AM
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WASHINGTON - The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th. "Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi," National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor told Yahoo News by email.
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Obama needs to come clean
on Benghazi
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Wapoo, by Jennifer Rubin
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Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/28/2012 9:29:32 AM
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The Benghazi debacle has three parts: how we neglected security while al-Qaeda was building a presence in Libya; whether the administration tried to mislead the public as to the nature of the attack; and now whether the administration denied pleas for help from operatives on the ground at the consulate. Now, presumably at the behest of Gen. David Petraeus — who has been remarkably tight-lipped and not defended his agency against White House accusations that senior officials’ misstatements were the fault of the CIA — the CIA threw the hot potato right back in the politicians’ laps.
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Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/27/2012 10:09:22 PM
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Mitt Romney has opened up a clear lead over Barack Obama in their presidential race. That owes a great deal to the candidates’ debate performances, of course. But something else is going on, too. In recent days, Obama’s approval rating has taken a perceptible hit. Via the Weekly Standard, we see that in the Rasmussen survey, only 47% approve of Obama’s job performance, while 52% disapprove. There are two plausible explanations for Obama’s current slide: voters may be disgusted by the mean, petty campaigning he is running, or they may disapprove of his handling of the Benghazi crisis. Or both.
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'Stand Down': U.S. Had Two Drones,
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Breitbart's Big Peace, by AWR Hawkins
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Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/27/2012 6:11:20 PM
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Reports indicate two drones and an AC-130 gunship were in the area when Benghazi was attacked, yet their resources were not used. This runs completely against the current explanation coming out of the White House, which is that Obama did everything he could once he learned of the attack. You'll remember that in the second presidential debate, Obama said that as "soon as I was aware the Benghazi consulate was being overrun, I was on the phone with my national security team." The not-so-subtle intimation is that Obama was stepping up to the protect the U.S. personnel who were in Libya.
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Obama to nominate Army
Gen. Rodriguez to lead AFRICOM
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Stars and Stripes, by Jennifer Hlad
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Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/27/2012 5:50:00 PM
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Washington — President Barack Obama will nominate Army Gen. David Rodriguez to succeed Gen. Carter Ham as commander of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Lt. Gen. John Paxton to succeed Gen. Joseph Dunford as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Thursday. Both appointments must be confirmed by the Senate. Rodriguez is the commander of U.S. Army Forces Command and has served in a “variety of key leadership roles on the battlefield,” Panetta said. He’s “a proven leader” who oversaw coalition and Afghan forces during
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Media Blackout:
Why Obama Dodged the Libya Question
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Breitbart's Big Journalism, by John Nolte
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Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/27/2012 3:57:29 PM
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President Obama ran into a buzzsaw yesterday while doing a round-robin of satellite interviews with local news outlets in crucial swing states -- and by "buzzsaw," I mean that rare form of species known as a "real reporter." Kyle Clark of Colorado's KUSA actually asked Obama about the latest revelations out of Libya. According to Fox News, the three requests for help made during the seven-hour attack on our consulate in Benghazi were met with orders from U.S. officials to "stand down." Wisely, Obama dodged this question entirely. I say "wisely" because,
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AC-130u Gunship Was On Scene In
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PJ Media, by Bob Owens
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Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/27/2012 3:19:00 PM
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The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Specter gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights. The fighting at the CIA annex went on for more than four hours — enough time for any planes based in Sigonella Air base, just 480 miles away, to arrive. Fox News has also learned that two separate Tier One Special operations forces were told to wait, among them Delta Force operators.
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Administration defends attack response
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embattled mission in Libya
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/27/2012 2:20:36 PM
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Washington — Obama administration officials defended their response to the September attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, amid new claims that the White House failed to send help quickly enough as militants overran the mission. The U.S. ambassador and three other Americans died in the hourslong battle. Fox News reported that security officers working for the CIA in Benghazi heard the attack on the consulate but were twice told to wait before rushing to the compound. Fox also reported that U.S. officials refused when the security team asked for U.S. warplanes
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Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/25/2012 12:47:40 PM
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Controversial Muslim preacher, feared Turkish intriguer—and “inspirer” of the largest charter school network in America. With the American economy in shambles, Europe imploding, and the Middle East in chaos, convincing Americans that they should pay attention to a Turkish preacher named Fethullah Gülen is an exceedingly hard sell. Many Americans have never heard of him, and if they have, he sounds like the least of their worries.
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 10:27:49 PM
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he´s "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws. Obama´s gun control proposals have run into resistance on Capitol Hill, leaving their fate in doubt. Efforts by Senate Democrats to reach compromise with Republicans over expanding required federal background checks have yet to yield an agreement, and conservatives were promising to try
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Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV´s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ´60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died Monday. She was 70. Funicello, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987 and became a spokeswoman for treatment of the chronic, often-debilitating disease of the central nervous system, died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Walt Disney Co. spokesman Howard Green said. Funicello and her husband, Glen Holt, had moved from
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Beginning a week of high pressure on gun control, the White House on Monday accused some Republican senators of cowardice for planning to filibuster gun legislation without allowing the full Senate to vote on President Obama’s initiatives. “If they oppose this legislation, have the courage to say so on the floor and vote no,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney. “Don’t block it. Don’t hide behind a procedural action to prevent a vote. That’s the wrong thing to do, and that’s how the president clearly feels.”
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/8/2013 4:05:18 PM
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President Barack Obama is bringing 11 relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut´s Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One on Monday so they can personally encourage senators to back gun legislation that faces tough opposition. A nonprofit organization that works with the families, Sandy Hook Promise, said that after Obama´s speech on gun control in Hartford, he is flying with relatives of seven children and one staffer killed during December´s massacre at the school. The White House says Obama is going to argue that lawmakers have an
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Updated: White House, McCain
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Houston Chronicle, by Joanna Raines
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 4:55:05 PM
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There was growing buzz over the weekend that a bipartisan agreement on gun control — a deal that would expand background checks — could hit the floor as early as this week. However, any deal could be derailed by the looming threat of a Republican filibuster involving Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. With Cruz standing proudly in the way of any gun legislation, Democrats are trying to make him pay a political price — and even a couple of high-profile Republicans are questioning his tactics.
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North Korea´s Army Is Full of Jumping,
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Atlantic, by Connor Simpson
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Amid all of the very real threats of war and stuff from North Korea, you´d think American intelligence officers want as much video footage of the enemy as possible. Well, here is one video featuring North Korean exercises and Kim Jong-Un holding a gun, and we´ll say this: they certainly get points for presentation. Remember the clap-happy report from Dennis Rodman´s diplomatic basketball vacation? This video comes courtesy of the same Youtube channel that gave us that Rodman video. It appears to be the same state news channel.(Snip for video)This latest dispatch from North Korea´s state television
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Gay Connecticut couple accused
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New York Daily News, by Erik Ortiz
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Posted By: Drive- 4/8/2013 8:52:23 AM
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The case of a same-sex Connecticut couple accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two of their nine adopted boys is headed for trial. Married couple George Harasz and Douglas Wirth of Glastonbury were supposed to be sentenced Friday in Hartford Superior Court under a plea deal, but instead withdrew from their agreement with prosecutors. The men had already pleaded no contest in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor — a reduction from even more serious charges related to sexual assault....
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