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Obama to nominate Army Gen. Rodriguez to lead AFRICOM (shakeup; flashback)
Stars & Stripes ^

Posted on 10/26/2012 7:58:25 PM PDT by TigerClaws

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will nominate Army Gen. David Rodriguez to succeed Gen. Carter Ham as commander of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Lt. Gen. John Paxton to succeed Gen. Joseph Dunford as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Thursday.

Both appointments must be confirmed by the Senate.

Rodriguez is the commander of U.S. Army Forces Command and has served in a “variety of key leadership roles on the battlefield,” Panetta said.

He’s “a proven leader” who oversaw coalition and Afghan forces during the surge in Afghanistan, and “was the key architect of the successful campaign plan that we are now implementing,” Panetta said.

(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 20120910; 20120911; 20120920; 20120924; 20121018; africa; africacommand; africom; benghazi; benghazigate; carterham; coverup; dadt; davidrodriguez; dunford; generalham; ham; johnpaxton; josephdunford; libya; nevada; panetta; paxton; rodriguez; shakeup; standdown
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1 posted on 10/26/2012 7:58:28 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

I heard a story today from someone inside the military that I trust entirely. The story was in reference to General Ham that Panetta referenced in the quote below.

quote:
“(The) basic principle is that you don’t deploy forces into harm’s way without knowing what’s going on; without having some real-time information about what’s taking place,” Panetta told Pentagon reporters. “And as a result of not having that kind of information, the commander who was on the ground in that area, Gen. Ham, Gen. Dempsey and I felt very strongly that we could not put forces at risk in that situation.”

The information I heard today was that General Ham as head of Africom received the same e-mails the White House received requesting help/support as the attack was taking place. General Ham immediately had a rapid response unit ready and communicated to the Pentagon that he had a unit ready.

General Ham then received the order to stand down. His response was to screw it, he was going to help anyhow. Within 30 seconds to a minute after making the move to respond, his second in command apprehended General Ham and told him that he was now relieved of his command.

The story continues that now General Rodiguez would take General Ham’s place as the head of Africon.

I found this story when I got home after hearing this story.

quote:
President Barack Obama will nominate Army Gen. David Rodriguez to succeed Gen. Carter Ham as commander of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Lt. Gen. John Paxton to succeed Gen. Joseph Dunford as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced.

As I was typing this I heard John Bolton on Greta say that there are conflicting reports of General Ham’s comments on this tragedy and why a rapid response unit was not deployed. Bolton says someone needs to find out what Ham was saying on 9/11/12.


2 posted on 10/26/2012 7:59:42 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Interesting. Thanks for all your posts.


3 posted on 10/26/2012 8:05:20 PM PDT by petitfour
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4 posted on 10/26/2012 8:07:37 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: TigerClaws
You might want to read at this link - where in the second paragraph it says:

"Although forces were on alert and ready to launch an operation if needed, the US military commander for Africa, General Carter Ham, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, and Panetta all decided against any intervention as they had no clear picture of events unfolding in Benghazi, he said."

5 posted on 10/26/2012 8:11:18 PM PDT by Ron C.
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To: musicman

Please take a look at Lyndon Johnson’s service record.


6 posted on 10/26/2012 8:11:34 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: TigerClaws

Why are you calling this a flashback? This doesn’t sound like an old article, and you don’t have an old date on it. This is confusing.

And what you are posting is way too important to get us confused about.


7 posted on 10/26/2012 8:13:58 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: TigerClaws

The patriots are spilling the beans.

Clearly the Kenyan traitor has lost the military, and they are breaking the truth of the treason in Benghazi by the marxist Islamist arms dealer in the white house, who kept the supply of arms to al queda going through Libya to support insurrection in Syria and elsewhere.

Evil, dangerous criminals. Every day it gets worse, as more info comes to light. Makes the Fast and Furious insanity look like a teddy bears picnic. Who thought up all this sinfulness?


8 posted on 10/26/2012 8:15:11 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: TigerClaws

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/world/africa/ex-commander-in-afghanistan-in-line-for-top-africa-post.html


9 posted on 10/26/2012 8:16:04 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: married21

The Stars and Stripes article is dated Oct 18 - last week. So, Obama is giving the heave-ho to the commanders who were subjected to his treachery on 9-11-12.


10 posted on 10/26/2012 8:18:15 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: TigerClaws

Where is General Ham now? Nothing on the internet other than what Panetta said.


11 posted on 10/26/2012 8:20:02 PM PDT by freeagle
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To: TigerClaws

Ooooh this is very big! How often does it happen that a general has to disobey orders to save American lives?


12 posted on 10/26/2012 8:20:02 PM PDT by uncitizen (Treason is the Reason for the Season)
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To: FlyingEagle

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/world/africa/ex-commander-in-afghanistan-in-line-for-top-africa-post.html


13 posted on 10/26/2012 8:21:52 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: TigerClaws
Here's more at this link - pointing to generals and Panetta - but,saving Obama's butt?
14 posted on 10/26/2012 8:24:03 PM PDT by Ron C.
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To: TigerClaws

Gen. Ham is a 4-star https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/GEN_Carter_F.Ham_2011.jpg


15 posted on 10/26/2012 8:26:46 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: TigerClaws

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/24/a-generals-warning-about-militants-in-libya/


16 posted on 10/26/2012 8:27:03 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: FlyingEagle

Thanks for clarifying.


17 posted on 10/26/2012 8:29:08 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: TigerClaws

This is from September 11. On September 10, General Ham was in Nevada.

http://www.army.mil/article/87055/Ham__Guard_essential_to_Africa_partnerships/


18 posted on 10/26/2012 8:29:14 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: petitfour

There’s nothing since 9/11 on Ham. The 9/25 article referred to his positions/comments earlier in the year.

So where is he now? Why is he so quiet?


19 posted on 10/26/2012 8:33:51 PM PDT by freeagle
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To: blueunicorn6

[Please take a look at Lyndon Johnson’s service record.]

He got a Silver Star for riding in a cargo plane.


20 posted on 10/26/2012 8:34:16 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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