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Navy secretary nominee withdraws from consideration
KCTV ^ | 2/26/2017 | Nick Sloan

Posted on 02/26/2017 4:47:41 PM PST by Drago

"President Donald Trump's nominee for Navy secretary, Philip Bilden, has withdrawn his name from consideration.

Bilden said in a statement he informed Defense Secretary James Mattis of his decision."...

(Excerpt) Read more at kctv5.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government
KEYWORDS: bilden; first100days; navy; navysecretary; philipbilden; trump; trumpcabinet; usn; usnavy
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To: angcat

They are. Because they are successful, many don’t want to give up a lifetime of work to do a job for 3-4 years.


21 posted on 02/26/2017 5:47:38 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: DesertRhino; All

He couldn’t satisfy “government ethical standards” yet THIS VERY MINUTE THERE ARE EX-FELONS IN CONGRESS! (Bobby Rush of IL)

From Wikipedia:
Rush’s own apartment was raided in December 1969, where police discovered an unregistered pistol, rifle, shotgun, pistol ammunition, training manuals on explosives, booby traps, an assortment of communist literature, and a small amount of marijuana. Rush was imprisoned for six months in 1972 on a weapons charge, after carrying a pistol into a police station.


22 posted on 02/26/2017 5:52:21 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Drago

It is so rare that a successful business person is asked to fill a government position, like this man!

“In the statement Bilden, a financier, cited his financial holdings as the reason, saying “After an extensive review process, I have determined that I will not be able to satisfy the Office of Government Ethics requirements without undue disruption and materially adverse divestment of my family’s private financial interests.”

The vetting as he noted could harm his family’s private financial interests.


23 posted on 02/26/2017 6:01:20 PM PST by Grampa Dave (No country has a right to ship their poverty laden, killers, rapists & criminals to our/my country!!)
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To: Drago

How about Jim Webb again?


24 posted on 02/26/2017 6:18:55 PM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Impy
screw this ethics crap, who cares?

The only folks who can survive the scrutiny imposed on candidates for high office are unqualified for the job.

25 posted on 02/26/2017 6:33:19 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Theoria

Jim Webb—absolutely. A man of honor and experience.


26 posted on 02/26/2017 6:35:29 PM PST by binreadin
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To: KyCats

That may be the state reason he is withdrawing but I’d put money on not wanting his family dragged through the dirt and harassed by the commie left is in there somewhere.


27 posted on 02/26/2017 6:45:26 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Red in Blue PA

Hindu muffin?

(that might be slightly off....)


28 posted on 02/26/2017 6:53:51 PM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Drago

They come and they go. Mny have bad background problems. We will have an awesome Secretary of Navy SOON!! And we may Nuke North Korea. i HOPE SO.


29 posted on 02/26/2017 7:21:49 PM PST by WENDLE (Watch this on John McCain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO0mHEJyC3Y)
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To: Theoria
How about Jim Webb again?

I was thinking the same thing...

30 posted on 02/26/2017 7:28:28 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Rebelbase
"....not wanting his family dragged through the dirt."

I agree with your assessment 101%. You took the words right out of my mouth.

Plus, the nominee was an accomplished businessman, and that's a no-no in these upside-down times.

The way things are going, successful business people, especially if they are multi-millionaires, will no longer be asked or will want to fill these critical appointments.

Government appointees will be filled by homeless people, poor folks on welfare, single mothers, elderly, handicaps, discriminated-against minorities, community organizers, helpless chilluns, transgenders....and professional politicians.

No more class distinctions in cabinet appointments in the brave new egalitarian world !

Leni

31 posted on 02/26/2017 7:52:45 PM PST by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP !!!......GO PENCE !!!......Boycott Starbucks and Target !!!)
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To: KyCats

Makes sense.


32 posted on 02/26/2017 8:03:44 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Rebelbase

Definitely a possibility.


33 posted on 02/26/2017 8:05:38 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Impy

Not so easy. If this guy has ties to China and other countries, and can’t undo them, it does create a conflict of interest. We need people who are purely American, not building up the industry of countries like China and India.


34 posted on 02/26/2017 11:49:30 PM PST by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: binreadin

Good pick, but I wonder if he’d really be interested? “Been there, done that” kind of thing.


35 posted on 02/27/2017 2:13:01 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (It's no longer Right versus left, but Americanism versus globalist scum.)
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To: xzins

Only the ones they don’t like. Everyone else is free to insider trade and line their pockets.


36 posted on 02/27/2017 3:30:11 AM PST by CommieCutter ("Trump is god emperor and he will win." -- some hacker)
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To: VietVet876

Ah, Ziva, best character the show ever had, and the most screwed over actress (Cote de Pablo) in the history of the show.


37 posted on 02/27/2017 3:39:51 AM PST by ducttape45 (Every Saint has a past, Every Sinner has a Future!)
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To: AndyJackson

And... That’s why obamoa had so many czars in his administration. There wasn’t a single one of them who could pass the scrutiny. The rest of them that became secretary of “so and so” were all corrupt or compromised. President Trump tries and gets the best he can no matter who they are.


38 posted on 02/27/2017 3:48:45 AM PST by BigpapaBo (If it don't kill you it'll make you _________!)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey
Randy Forbes of Virginia.

I'm surprised he hasn't been considered before now.

39 posted on 02/27/2017 5:18:02 AM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: KyCats

>>In the statement Bilden, a financier, cited his financial holdings as the reason,

Translation:

Another L.I.F.E.R. on Silver Star Lane is too cozy with the teets of the Regime Change Investment Club.

 



40 posted on 02/27/2017 7:42:03 AM PST by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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