Posted on 10/25/2013 2:49:00 AM PDT by markomalley
Remember when President Obama proclaimed that Al Qaeda was “on the run”, “decimated”, and “on the path to defeat”, much to the chagrin of the national security and intelligence communities as a whole? We may now know from whom the President received these talking points, verbiage he has used dozens of times since the tragic attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Jeh C. Johnson (pronounced “Jay”) is set to become Janet Napolitano’s successor as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Johnson’s government service career started as General Counsel to the Air Force under former President Bill Clinton. In 2009, he was appointed by President Obama to serve as General Counsel for the Defense Department. When the legality of drone strikes on foreign soil became a heated issue, with plenty of dissidents in both right and left wing circles, the Obama administration relied heavily on Johnson to build a case suggesting there was legal precedent to continue the overseas operations.
Johnson would ultimately resign from DOD in December of 2012, stepping out of the public light to take a job with a top law firm in New York City. Only 10 months later, the President has recalled Johnson, nominating him to serve at the Department of Homeland Securities’ top post.
While lauded as a “hero” on the left for helping to repeal former President Clinton’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, Johnson’s tenure as General Counsel for the Defense Department was flurried with controversy…
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They are on the run. They’re running to get us.
“General Custer, the Indians are on the run.”
“Excellent, where are they?”
“Just over the hill, Sir, heading this way.”
Jeh = “Meh”
...figures
I think I read somewhere that Sen Ted Cruz has a “hold” on his nomination process.
Jeh C. Johnson, pronounced ‘Jay’ rhymes with ‘Lazy’. Another true believer, good with arming drug cartels and jihadists?
I hope Rand Paul is allowed to question him during Senate hearings.
An outstanding choice. We want a lawyer, with no ground combat experience, to lead an obuma army. They’re armed with handguns and 1.2 billion cop-killer bullets. Maybe Johnson will teach the DHS morons how to shoot their glocks sideways.
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