Posted on 11/19/2009 4:20:35 PM PST by La Enchiladita
Lieberman Blasts Defense Department Probe of the Shooting as Backward-Looking
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is putting a former chief of naval operations and former Army secretary in charge of a Pentagon inquiry into the Fort Hood shootings.
"It is prudent to determine immediately whether there are internal weaknesses or procedural shortcomings in the department that could make us vulnerable in the future," said Gates, who spoke at a press conference at the Pentagon on Thursday afternoon.
Hours earlier, the Senate Homeland Security Committee, led by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) opened its own probe into the shooting. Lieberman characterized the investigation planned by Gates as "punitive" and backward-looking.
"Ours looks forward and is preventive," said Lieberman. Lieberman said that while his committee's probe would respect Muslims, "We do no favor to all our fellow Americans who are Muslim by ignoring real evidence that a small number of their community have... become violent Islamists and extremists."
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Here is a summary of their intentions and findings:
"But before I draw any conclusions about it," said Gates, "I want to find out all the facts."
Here's a fact, Mr Gates: You are useless. Go away.
Cue up Church Lady.
need to start using this one on Obama threads
http://www.danacarvey.net/media/satan2.wav
That's because Gates was in charge of the CIA and The Obammunist is putting him and the Bush administration on trial in a few months in NYC disguised as KSM trial.
yitbos
Gates has something to answer for. He’s been in place for a long time.
Too long.
Casey needs to be retired.
He was a member of the “Iraq Study Group,” too. Feh!!
The Pentagon probe will be led by former Army Secretary Togo West, who was Secretary of the Army and then Secretary of Veterans Affairs during the Clinton administration, and retired Admiral Vernon Clark, formerly Chief of Naval Operations.
this guy doesn't sound like most of Zer0's appointees.
Eagle Scout, black guy, Democrat, appointed by Ford and then Carter, lawyer, JAG, Episcopalian.... sounds like standard issue liberal to me.
West doesn’t sound like he was raised by generations of commies or trained in the NW provinces of Pakistan.
A fourth grader could easily understand, maybe, but not a typical American. The BIG LIE is pretty easy to tell but FIRST they have to hide this link:
Thinking Anew—Security Priorities for the Next Administration
PROCEEDINGS REPORT OF THE HSPI PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION TASK FORCE
April 2008-January 2009
May 19, 2009
Look at PAGE 29
Nidal Hasan
Uniformed Services University School of Medicine
http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/pttf_proceedingsreport_05.19.09.pdf
A member of Obama’s transition think tank, what a SMALL world. This couldn’t be true, the MSM would have reported it already, wouldn’t they?
What a small world.
Does this fall under “internal weaknesses or procedural shortcomings,” Mr. Gates???
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