Hagel Said to Be Stepping Down as Defense Chief Under Pressure

nytimes.com ^ | November 24, 2014 | Helene Cooper

[ilovesarah2012]

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down under pressure, the first cabinet-level casualty of the collapse of President Obama’s Democratic majority in the Senate and a beleaguered national security team that has struggled to stay ahead of an onslaught of global crises.

The president, who is expected to announce Mr. Hagel’s resignation in a Rose Garden appearance on Monday, made the decision to ask his defense secretary — the sole Republican on his national security team — to step down last Friday after a series of meetings over the past two weeks, senior administration officials said.

[Netz]

Hegel only wanted up to 30% Gays in the Military while Rice & Obama want 100%. That way, US forces would toss hand grenades at ISIS in an underhand, softball trajectory...

[txhurl]

OK.

[onedoug]

And was he ever sober?

[Lazamataz]

Excellent. About damn time you accepted. Been asking for 10 years now.

[PIF]

Additional possibilities include:

John Kerry
Valerie Jarret
Marie Harf
Samantha Power

[Lazamataz]

Sobriety is optional in the ObamaNation.

[redgolum]

To be fair (and Hagel was my congress critter for years), he does love America.

Word is from back home that he fought Obama quite a bit on things, and was trying to adjust the remnants of the military to fight a more 3rd generation style of warfare.

Now he failed at that, which isn’t surprising, but I think he got canned because he was to “pro military”.

[PghBaldy]

I agree. Relatively speaking, he is OK.

[Genoa]

That is quite a lede for the NYTimes.

[txhurl]

The way Jarrett chose Hagel’s successor is how quickly he jumped to fetch her a drink. She really did ‘mistake’ 3 & 4 birds at the WH as waiters and ask them for drinks.

[Lazamataz]

Don’t change the subject. When and where is the ceremony?

[Din Maker]

At the top of the list....Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, former officer with the Army’s 82nd Airborne
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Wow! Outstanding qualifications for Sec. of Defense. (/s). But, probably better qualifications than most of his Cabinet (and Czar) appointees of the last 6 years.

[Moonman62]

That way, US forces would toss hand grenades at ISIS in an underhand, softball trajectory...

Or they would throw them like this:

[sport]

It is probably Obama getting his people in places for when he makes his next move.

[KittyKares]

Why can’t I wake up to the news one day that a coup d’ etat has happened in my sleep?

It could happen - but a Socialist coup!

[Qiviut]

“He raised the ire of the White House .... directly contradicting the president....

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So for the next SecDef, they’re looking for an Obola butt-kisser ..... what could go wrong? [/sarc]

[advertising guy]

Pants Up No Looting

[Be Free]

He could partially redeem himself by quickly publishing a tell-all book. He knows where a lot of bodies are buried ...

[advertising guy]

Fox says the White Hut says make no mistake UpChuck was FIRED

[Amish with an attitude]

Zero will find an even lesser qualified replacement in effort to hasten the further dismantling of our Republic.