Posted on 12/02/2016 2:16:40 PM PST by drewh
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) came out against Donald Trumps selection of retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of Defense, saying she would not support a necessary congressional waiver to allow him to take on the role.
Gillibrand is the first lawmaker to oppose waiving the prohibition on former military officers heading the Pentagon less than seven years after retiring. While I deeply respect General Mattiss service, I will oppose a waiver, she said in a statement. Civilian control of our military is a fundamental principle of American democracy, and I will not vote for an exception to this rule.
Mattis retired in 2013. George Marshall was the only Defense secretary to need a waiver, having been picked by President Truman in 1950, five years after the five-star general stepped down as Army chief of staff
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I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. But I am "implying" that you were probably in favor of Congress doing everything it could to derail any Obama initiative -- even if it was within the legitimate powers of the presidency.
And, in this particular case, anything that requires a waiver from a duly passed law is certainly within Congress' purview.
But Democrats are not going to go to the mats with a filibuster over the waiver. They will save the filibuster for more important matters, or risk the Republicans nuking the legislative filibuster as well.
Agreed. There are a bunch of Dem Senators up in 2018. They won’t die on this hill. Trump won their states by 10-19%! You think Nelson, McCaskill, Tester, Heitkamp, etc. want a bloody fight on something trivial like a waiver for a popular General like Mattis? NO chance. LOL.
I have no desire to see an all-powerful presidency, or a congress or supreme court that usurps power not belonging to them. I kinda like the separation of powers. And I have no memory of the GOP congress ever doing anything much to slow down Obama’s sense of imperialism.
Go ahead and attack it Kirston. You LOST. WE WON.
WE MAY DECIDE TO GO HARRY REID ON YOUR ASS FOR 8 YEARS.
AMERICA WON AND GLOBALISTS LOST.
Why would Globalists care about the USA anyway?
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