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2014-12-06 Home Front: WoT

Chuck Todd: White House Hopes New Defense Secretary Will Be 'Bull In A China Shop'

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Posted by Anguth Flolugum9302 2014-12-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 And we hope the next NBC White House correspondent is a journalist with integrity and professionalism.

Posted by Airandee 2014-12-06 07:34|| 2014-12-06 07:34|| Front Page Top

#2 All would be right if only our Little Father knew.

Posted by jkh 2014-12-06 07:42|| 2014-12-06 07:42|| Front Page Top

#3 I give Ashton Carter a year before he quits.

Posted by Pappy 2014-12-06 11:28|| 2014-12-06 11:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Damn this is the day for rat faces, isn't it.

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Posted by George Barnsmell6912 2014-12-06 11:36|| 2014-12-06 11:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Carter's a fool or tool if he takes the job

Posted by Frank G 2014-12-06 12:15|| 2014-12-06 12:15|| Front Page Top

#6 It'll be a bullshitter who allows China to shop for the best bargains on our latest defense tech.

Posted by charger 2014-12-06 12:27|| 2014-12-06 12:27|| Front Page Top

#7 I dunno Frank. Is "ego" similar to foolishness? He quit last time because he banged heads with Hagel.

Posted by Pappy 2014-12-06 19:32|| 2014-12-06 19:32|| Front Page Top

#8 It'll be a bullshitter who allows China to shop for the best bargains on our latest defense tech.

How many hours did you sit around thinking that 'gem' up? Or did you find it on a mail-group?

Posted by Pappy 2014-12-06 19:33|| 2014-12-06 19:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Pappy - he has to have seen his predecessors fun and games. Any autonomy or policy input the ValJar circle promises is a lie. He has to know that. If you're satisfying ego, being a policy bitch to a cadre of unsuccessful socialist/communist ideologues would weigh on your legacy

Posted by Frank G 2014-12-06 22:39|| 2014-12-06 22:39|| Front Page Top

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