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Report: Obama Picks Ashton Carter to Be Next Defense Secretary
The Weekly Standard Blog ^
| Dec 2, 2014
| Daniel Halper
Posted on 12/02/2014 6:57:35 AM PST by pepsi_junkie
Ashton Carter announced on Twitter that President Obama called to tell him he'd be nominated to be the next defense secretary.
"President Obama phones me announcing his decision to appoint me as Defense Secretary. I'm honoured and happy," Carter tweets.
CNN confirms:
Ashton Carter, the former second-in-command at the Pentagon appears to be the top choice to replace outgoing Secretary Chuck Hagel.
Barring any last minute complications, Ash Carter will be President Barack Obama's choice as the new Secretary of Defense, several U.S. administration officials told CNN.
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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: cabinet; secdef
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To: pepsi_junkie
I thought it was traditional for Presidents to announce their nominees, not for the nominees to issue their own press releases via Twitter.
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posted on
12/02/2014 6:58:42 AM PST
by
pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)
To: pepsi_junkie
Isn’t that the guy that’s married to Demi Moore?
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posted on
12/02/2014 7:00:54 AM PST
by
rktman
(Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
To: pepsi_junkie
SecDef that tweets?
*walks off shaking head*
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posted on
12/02/2014 7:01:39 AM PST
by
FrogMom
(Chicken Little is coming, and he's right!)
To: pepsi_junkie
Ashton Kutcher, SECDEF ...
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posted on
12/02/2014 7:03:39 AM PST
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
To: pepsi_junkie
“I'm honoured and happy.”
It looks like we may have a Secretary of Defense who is incapable of even spelling honor correctly.
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posted on
12/02/2014 7:04:38 AM PST
by
detective
To: rktman
To: pepsi_junkie
Just the right qualifications for SecDef: a logistics and operations manager ... this is going to work out well?
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posted on
12/02/2014 7:05:44 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: detective
That’s how elite hacks spell it.
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posted on
12/02/2014 7:07:18 AM PST
by
rainee
(Her)
To: pepsi_junkie
This is how it is sonny boy Obama!!!
To: tired&retired
Buddy Hackett!
& this clown has no military experience..perfect choice for White Hut.
God help us.
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posted on
12/02/2014 7:09:26 AM PST
by
rainee
(Her)
To: tired&retired
You want me to do WHAT Mr. President???
To: pepsi_junkie
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" "The Short Happy Life of Ashton Carter" (scheduled for release in 2015)
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posted on
12/02/2014 7:10:01 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
(D.H.S. has the same headcount as the US Marine Corps with twice the budget)
To: tired&retired
TIME OUT Mr President. We have had enough of your crap!!!
To: PIF
His job in the Pentagon has been to cut budgets and programs to the bone. That means he’s fully qualified to be SecDef under a democrat president.
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posted on
12/02/2014 7:14:48 AM PST
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pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)
To: tired&retired
We shall pray to God that this country survives!
To: tired&retired
This thumb is freshly washed as it has been up Obama's butt for the last 6 years!
To: tired&retired
Last one...
Our President is a big Loser with a capital "L".
To: shove_it
He sounds like a cross between Demi Moore's former boy toy Ashton Kutcher, and annoying early 2000s pop singer Aaron Carter:
Obama must be going after the teenybopper vote.
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posted on
12/02/2014 7:22:41 AM PST
by
BillyBoy
(Thanks to RINOs, Illinois has definitely become a "red state" -- we are run by Communists!)
To: rainee
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