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Administration official apologizes for tweets suggesting Bergdahl platoon 'psychopaths'
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| Jun 6, 2014
Posted on 06/06/2014 10:33:38 AM PDT by KeyLargo
White House Administration official apologizes for tweets suggesting Bergdahl platoon 'psychopaths' Published June 05, 2014 FoxNews.com
WASHINGTON – An Obama administration official apologized Thursday after suggesting on Twitter that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s platoon might have been filled with “psychopaths” – in an apparent attempt to defend Bergdahl against criticism from his fellow soldiers.
Brandon Friedman, deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, sent out a series of tweets Wednesday night questioning those soldiers trying to “smear” Bergdahl for abandoning his post in 2009.
The first said: “Here's the thing about Bergdahl and the Jump-to-Conclusions mats: What if his platoon was long on psychopaths and short on leadership?
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bergdahl; brandonfriedman; collusion; corruption; democratactivist; dnctalkingpoints; govtabuse; military; obama; platoon; votevetsdotorg
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To: Doctor 2Brains
To: KeyLargo
where there are FLIES...there are MAGGOTS!
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posted on
06/06/2014 11:25:34 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: KeyLargo
Guy is a duck walkin punk...
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posted on
06/06/2014 11:27:21 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: KeyLargo
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posted on
06/06/2014 11:31:12 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
To: Darksheare
Tom Lantos: “At least Admiral Boorda committed suuuiciiide...”
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posted on
06/06/2014 12:17:00 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: KeyLargo
Obviously by calling Bergdahl’s platoon-mates ‘psychopaths’ he was just trying to urge people not to jump to conclusions.
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posted on
06/06/2014 12:20:26 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: DManA
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posted on
06/06/2014 12:30:08 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
Related to Jay Carney and Baghdad Bob!
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posted on
06/06/2014 12:42:15 PM PDT
by
DocJhn
To: DocJhn
Probably.
All spokesliars are from the same tribe.
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posted on
06/06/2014 12:45:07 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
My advice to Brandon Friedman: Kill yourself to regain lost honorYou are assuming that he might have had honor at one time. You might be assuming too much. Other than that, you have a valid point.
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posted on
06/06/2014 4:54:38 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: Mark17
Actually hoping he’d assume he was regaining it.
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posted on
06/06/2014 5:59:36 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: KeyLargo
Were there any in his unit that refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement?
If so where are they?
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posted on
06/08/2014 12:47:04 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
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