Senate backs Fanning as Army secretary

reuters ^ | May 17, 2016 | Patricia Zengerle

[PROCON]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unanimously backed President Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Fanning as secretary of the Army on Tuesday, making him the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military service branch.

Fanning previously worked as undersecretary of the Air Force and chief of staff to Defense Secretary Ash Carter.

[GreyFriar]

Naw, bh0 wasn’t going to look for any straight guy because he wants to destroy the Army, there for he nominates one of his rear echeloners.

[Mat_Helm]

This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I’ll never look into your eyes, again

Can you picture what will be, so limitless and free
Desperately in need, of some, stranger’s hand
In a, desperate land

[LambSlave]

Thirty years ago being a homo was sufficient to ensure you could not hold a security clearance, or serve the Army in any significant capacity. Better days.

[PROCON]

..one of his rear echeloners.

I see what you did there...

[kaehurowing]

Why did I not even have to read the story to know what it was inevitably about?

[familyop]

"This proves my point that D.C. is nothing but a bunch of fags. They couldn’t find a straight guy anywhere for the job."

It is yet more evidence (like the mobs of pillars of communities--mostly highly paid professionals (dentists, doctors, business managers, teachers/instructors, local government administrators,...)--caught around public, municipal park restrooms during the past few decades), that most of the sodomy problem is coming from upper economic echelons of society.

There was even a university push a few years ago, to get more homosexuals into civil engineering jobs managing "environmental health" (regulators against septic systems, "urban sprawl," "rural sprawl," etc.) and planning offices. They are the gatekeepers against the productive activities of working class owner-builders, who are much less often effete/queer.

[kaehurowing]

At this point, anybody would be nuts to volunteer for the armed forces.

[PROCON]

Exactly right, no security clearance.

Even adultery in the military ranks would jeopardize a clearance because of the possible blackmail involved.

Now being a open pervert is just FABULOUS!

[armydawg505]

And Washington Republicans still cannot understand why people want to throw them out.

[kaehurowing]

Didn’t Cruz decide to call in sick this week?

[armydawg505]

Our Army is nothing to be proud of. I never thought I would live to say such a thing.

[Dave W]

Based on Trump’s past positions on social issues, I doubt Trump objects to this appointment and confirmation. Get used to more appointments like this with Trump.

[Dave W]

I suspect Trump supports the appointment. After all, he has supported abortion and gay marriage most of his life.

[Menehune56]

Unanimous voice vote, so not even token opposition to the gay agenda any more. Total surrender.

[PROCON]

I hear you, Bro.

I served in Vietnam and my Dad in WWII.

My son did JROTC through Junior high and High School and was planning on college ROTC.

We had "the talk", it was brutal and heartbreaking but he understood and agreed.

[luvie]

The Army is doomed.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

I want to know if this guy is qualified to lead the Army. Most of Obama’s appointees haven’t been qualified to run a garbage truck.

[Carthego delenda est]

[Jet Jaguar]

Active Duty ping.

[napscoordinator]

I don’t understand what his choice of sexual adventures is but he does seem to have a decent resume working at top level in Army and DOD. So sick and tired of the LGBTJCHDE or whatever the hell it is.