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Troops bringing Trump hats to sign may violate military rule
CNN Fake News ^ | 12/26/18 | Eli Watkins

Posted on 12/26/2018 6:09:18 PM PST by LibWhacker

President Donald Trump made his first visit to a war zone on Wednesday, receiving an enthusiastic reception from many US troops there -- some of whom may have run afoul of military rules.

Video footage and the written report of Trump's visit with service members in Iraq showed the President signing "Make America Great Again" hats and an embroidered patch that read "Trump 2020."

But troops' requests for the autographs could brush up against Department of Defense guidelines for political activities.

Those guidelines say that "active duty personnel may not engage in partisan political activities and all military personnel should avoid the inference that their political activities imply or appear to imply DoD sponsorship, approval, or endorsement of a political candidate, campaign, or cause."

(Excerpt) Read more at -m.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: autographs; clintonnonnews; cnn; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; eliwatkins; iraq; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; troops; trump
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To: LibWhacker

That is some funny crap! CNN, such a freaking joke!


21 posted on 12/26/2018 6:22:44 PM PST by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death)
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To: LibWhacker

What total BS.


22 posted on 12/26/2018 6:23:14 PM PST by wgmalabama (Mittens is the new Juan. Go away mittens!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

maybe not this one, but other articles did


23 posted on 12/26/2018 6:23:48 PM PST by digger48
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To: virgil

Reporter needs to go back to school and finish his schooling. I think a scholarship to Eff U would be appropriate.

I wonder if widdle Eli has actually ever been cold, hungry, tired or scared?


24 posted on 12/26/2018 6:24:08 PM PST by redlegplanner ( No Representation without Taxation)
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To: LibWhacker

not political - personal.


25 posted on 12/26/2018 6:25:21 PM PST by BereanBrain
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To: LibWhacker

They forget who the hell the CIC is?


26 posted on 12/26/2018 6:26:43 PM PST by crz
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To: LibWhacker

This is probably technically correct,and the Left is welcome to run with it.


27 posted on 12/26/2018 6:27:41 PM PST by cdcdawg
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To: LibWhacker

They can do it.

This is their CIC. Not a political event.

Libtards off the deep end again.


28 posted on 12/26/2018 6:29:54 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: BenLurkin

They would collect and frame a tissue on which Buttcrack Obama had wiped his nose.


29 posted on 12/26/2018 6:30:35 PM PST by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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To: LibWhacker
cnn redefining petty daily.
30 posted on 12/26/2018 6:30:35 PM PST by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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To: eyedigress
Libtards off the deep end again still.
31 posted on 12/26/2018 6:31:59 PM PST by treetopsandroofs
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To: cdcdawg

Not even close. Showing up in uniform at a civilian rally and throwing service medals over a fence qualify.


32 posted on 12/26/2018 6:32:17 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: LibWhacker

Kirby is an idiot who got kicked to the curb. He is butthurt because Pickles didn’t win. BTW Kirby does not have any combat related decorations. He was a RIMF for the better part of his career. I think his plan was to be SOS if Pickles had won. Trumpster tumped his tractor in the sandbox. One less swamp critter.


33 posted on 12/26/2018 6:32:22 PM PST by Slingwing
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To: rfp1234

...oops, I misspelled “butt”.


34 posted on 12/26/2018 6:32:57 PM PST by rfp1234 (I don't watch CNN for the same reason I don't drink from the toilet.)
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To: LibWhacker

When I was in the military every guardhouse and check point had a photo of the President of the USA in there. In those years it was LBJ and later Richard Nixon.


35 posted on 12/26/2018 6:33:49 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: LibWhacker

Courts martial?


36 posted on 12/26/2018 6:34:19 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: LibWhacker

The clueless CNN. That is not engaging in political activities.


37 posted on 12/26/2018 6:34:43 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: coon2000

38 posted on 12/26/2018 6:36:12 PM PST by skimbell
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To: Robert DeLong

According to CNN, going to Commanders Call is a political event.

Know these idiots.


39 posted on 12/26/2018 6:37:53 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Partisan Media Shills (PMS) update.

Non-Player Character (NPC) update.


40 posted on 12/26/2018 6:39:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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