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Army secretary: Obama's social changes are here to stay
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 11/17/16 | Jacqueline Klimas

Posted on 11/17/2016 11:36:25 AM PST by ColdOne

It'll be "very hard" for President-elect Trump to undo many of the social changes President Obama implemented in the military should he decide to do so, the Army secretary said on Thursday.

Eric Fanning acknowledged that the path to social change over the course of history "has never been purely linear."

"But I do think it's very hard to roll things back completely," Fanning said at the Defense One Summit in Washington. "Society is changing very quickly."

He also said the decisions the military has already made will make it more difficult to kick people out of the service who have already been accepted.

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KEYWORDS: bhodod; dontaskdonttell; homosexualagenda; militaryreadiness; obamalegacy; obamamilitary; trumpdod; trumptransition; usmilitary
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To: Sacajaweau

I think the whole women in combat arms thing needs to be rolled back as well.


141 posted on 11/17/2016 5:01:55 PM PST by Boris99
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To: ColdOne; markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; JDoutrider; ...

Active Duty ping.


142 posted on 11/17/2016 5:32:17 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar
guess he never heard of a pen and a phone
143 posted on 11/17/2016 5:52:19 PM PST by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: ColdOne

Natural Law is here to stay.

Comrade Chairman’s “culture” - Not. So. Much!


144 posted on 11/17/2016 6:32:37 PM PST by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: ColdOne

Only a homosexual would put homosexuals in every position of power possible.


145 posted on 11/17/2016 6:51:05 PM PST by Trillian
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To: ColdOne

BS! DUMBO did it with a pen.


146 posted on 11/17/2016 7:35:42 PM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: A politician that won't keep his word to Veterans/Military won't keep them to You!)
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To: ColdOne

Who wants to bet Eric Fanning also said Trump would never be elected...


147 posted on 11/17/2016 9:05:30 PM PST by GOPJ (Trump took 40% of the Hispanics vote in FL and more than 30% of Hispanics nationally-LS)
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To: ColdOne; Jet Jaguar; vette6387; SkyPilot; flat; unkus; HarleyLady27; Tilted Irish Kilt; NFHale; ...

Send the Army Secretary to Afganistan to walk point!!! Or, he could take the place of a bomb sniffing dog, ya think?


148 posted on 11/17/2016 10:10:10 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: ColdOne; Jet Jaguar; SaveFerris; ExTexasRedhead
Eric Fanning, strutting around in an Air Force flyer's A2 jacket:

Eric Fanning, second from right:

Here is Eric, playing dress up again when he was acting Air Force Secretary:

Eric Fanning, dragging the US Army's name through the mud at a homosexual event:


149 posted on 11/18/2016 2:52:50 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Heheh...

He’d like to think so.


150 posted on 11/18/2016 5:05:55 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: ColdOne

Fanning is the 22nd Secretary of the Army, the largest service branch of the U.S. military, and the first openly gay head of any service in the U.S. military.

SMH


151 posted on 11/18/2016 6:37:52 AM PST by opbuzz (Right way, wrong way, Marine way)
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To: ColdOne

Eric Fairy is one of the changes, so of course he’s going to defend it as “in stone.”


152 posted on 11/18/2016 7:03:58 AM PST by fwdude (Stronger, To Get Her)
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To: Psalm 73
It starts by banning open homosexuals in the military.

Not saying I don't heartily agree with you, but that's a lot of water under the bridge. And I'm not saying that this can't be done, but there is a lot of ensconced issues which must be addressed. What about the "out" homosexuals already in the service? Do they get discharged? A court will never allow this after the fact (after all, Congress did pass legislation to allow openly serving sodomites.)

The best that we can hope is that going forward the former policy can be put in place again, and the attrition of shorter-lived homos can do the rest.

153 posted on 11/18/2016 8:30:57 AM PST by fwdude (Stronger, To Get Her)
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To: Maverick68
He could roll back MOST of the social changes by simply changing the physical requirements.

If I'm not mistaken, the requirement to abstain from homosexual sodomy, and the penalty for this, is still in Military Regulations.

154 posted on 11/18/2016 8:32:14 AM PST by fwdude (Stronger, To Get Her)
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To: fwdude
"What about the "out" homosexuals already in the service?"

They can be reassigned - happens all of the time - even to straight people.

155 posted on 11/18/2016 9:13:32 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: SkyPilot

As it was in the Days of Lot .... so shall it also be in the Days of the Coming of the Son of Man ..... (paraphrased)


156 posted on 11/18/2016 11:52:44 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Trillian

He and she have a very odd fascination with transsexuals. I’ve worked around a couple of gay people (management) in my lifetime. Never heard them utter one word about transsexuals, ever.

There’s more to the story of BamBam and Moochelle. They have a very bizarre commitment. It’s a tell, of some sort.


157 posted on 11/18/2016 11:56:19 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: manc
Make the same physical requirements for all branches.

Need not go any further.

158 posted on 11/18/2016 12:04:04 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: manc
This person never should have been appointed to that position. He never spent an hour in the military, and has therefore no idea what it's like to spend 8 months of the year at Grafenwoehr, let alone combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Classic personification of an REMF (Rear Echelon Mother F----r).

159 posted on 11/18/2016 12:09:31 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not

I asked if this guy had ever served, so thank you fro your answer.

How do you put someone in charge of a military branch when that person has never served in that military branch.
Stupidity at it;s highest, and we all know that this was about social change within a fighting force.

Now Trump has four years to get this back on track, change these people in charge, change the officers who were promoted based on their homosexuality , and social views.

The military is a fighting force, not a sissy force which the left wants it, and has got in many who have joined.

was at MEPS last year, and boy some of the people joining were truly stunning, and to think these people now are in say the Army with their stress cards to be held up, looking to get their freebies, and benefits.


160 posted on 11/18/2016 12:13:49 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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