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National security adviser: US safer under Obama
Associated Press ^ | May 27, 2009

Posted on 05/27/2009 6:36:50 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's national security adviser rebuts former Vice President Dick Cheney's charge that America is less safe under the new administration.

Retired Marine Gen. James Jones says increases in defense spending, efforts to get out of Iraq and revamp the strategy for Afghanistan, and a broad campaign to repair the U.S. reputation abroad make the U.S. safer today than it has been. But, he says, no administration is perfect.

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


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1 posted on 05/27/2009 6:36:50 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Scrapleface Right???


2 posted on 05/27/2009 6:38:20 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

safer than what?


3 posted on 05/27/2009 6:38:34 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the machines will break.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Am I mis-remebering that North Korea wasn’t threatening to bomb our ships under Bush?


4 posted on 05/27/2009 6:38:38 PM PDT by rbbeachkid (The ONLY ones able to fix the economy - Small Business Owners!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
No administration is perfect. Especially this one.
5 posted on 05/27/2009 6:39:07 PM PDT by golfisnr1
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I see this Obamarankandfile as crossing his fingers and closing his eyes wishing, “saying it will make it so!”


6 posted on 05/27/2009 6:39:12 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (doubleplusungood)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL


7 posted on 05/27/2009 6:39:14 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Spending is the answer to everything in the Obama admin. It makes us wealthier and it makes us safer.

/s


8 posted on 05/27/2009 6:39:47 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Yep, those N Koreans and Iranians are right where we want them. Of course, we’re going to let multilateral institutions solve these problems through diplomatic means now ...


9 posted on 05/27/2009 6:39:52 PM PDT by JmyBryan
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To: Free ThinkerNY
What a crock. Safer from what? The free market?

He is dismantling and destroying that...but America does not have to be saved from the free market. It needs to be saved from marxist who want to abjectly regulate and control it to the point of its failure.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN HIS OWN WORDS

NOW WE KNOW WHAT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DOES

OBAMA, THE STOCK MARKET, AND ENERGY

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING

IT'S TIME FOR A RETURN TO THE OLD SCHOOL

10 posted on 05/27/2009 6:40:09 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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Jones spent his formative years in France.
11 posted on 05/27/2009 6:40:13 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: rbbeachkid

never mind testing nukes on a daily basis...


12 posted on 05/27/2009 6:40:18 PM PDT by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
North Korea is popping off new missiles and nukes.

So much for that warm, fuzzy safe feeling.

14 posted on 05/27/2009 6:41:00 PM PDT by oyez (To the extent veterans read it as an accusation -- and apology is owed(i.e. not given))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Consider the source.

AP = Always Propaganda


15 posted on 05/27/2009 6:41:37 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Uh, North Korea.


16 posted on 05/27/2009 6:42:39 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wait...the pirates attacked us...North Korea shot missles...


17 posted on 05/27/2009 6:43:39 PM PDT by wac3rd (80 Carter/Obama 08)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama’s been in office four months and he’s already managed to reopen the Korean War - yeah, we’re safer.......


18 posted on 05/27/2009 6:44:11 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Translation: I love getting promotions, and I want my pension!


19 posted on 05/27/2009 6:44:34 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (here)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Well if an Obummer appointee sez it is so then it must be so. We all must simply believe in our new “messiah.” /s


20 posted on 05/27/2009 6:44:47 PM PDT by An American In Dairyland
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