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2013-02-15 Government

White House Raises Stakes in Hagel Showdown

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Posted by Fred 2013-02-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "It is difficult to explain to our allies exactly why that is happening. It also sends a signal to our men and women in uniform," Earnest said.

No need to "explain" anything. Simply send Panetta or the General Allen's replacement. Had you not pulled General Allen out, you could have sent him! No need to make excuses or apologize for our constitutional process.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-02-15 04:37|| 2013-02-15 04:37|| Front Page Top

Posted by junkiron 2013-02-15 07:26|| 2013-02-15 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 It is difficult to explain to our allies
...because you know our allies are really stupid and can't understand anything or anyone which is why we have to tell them what to do.

Posted by Alanc 2013-02-15 08:45|| 2013-02-15 08:45|| Front Page Top

#4 The difficult thing to explain is why our allies should make concessions to Champ when he's clearly speeding down the road to irrelevance.

Posted by Iblis 2013-02-15 12:08|| 2013-02-15 12:08|| Front Page Top

#5 I suspect most of our allies are curious why Hagel was put up in the first place.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-02-15 14:48|| 2013-02-15 14:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Hagel is a Pub. The Pubs don't support him but the Donks do. Go figure. I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere and ended up down the rabbit hole.

Posted by JohnQC 2013-02-15 17:30|| 2013-02-15 17:30|| Front Page Top

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