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wmenorr67

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Hagel falling on his sword?
« on: November 24, 2014, 01:21:09 PM »
http://www.newson6.com/story/27466699/us-defense-secretary-chuck-hagel-resigning

Secretary of Defense resigning.  Is this another case of someone falling on their sword to save Obama? 
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Re: Hagel falling on his sword?
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2014, 01:25:35 PM »
Making auto mechanics happy. The administration bus needs near-constant suspension work and wheel alignments.
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Re: Hagel falling on his sword?
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2014, 01:33:54 PM »
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Monday he is stepping down, leaving under pressure following a rocky tenure in which he has struggled to break through the White House's insular team of national security advisers.

I think that says it all.  Obama hired a Republican as a sop to bipartisanship,  then preceded to ignore him,  and treat him like a token. Hagel's sick of it. Whether or not he would have been a good SecDef had he been allowed we'll never know.
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Re: Hagel falling on his sword?
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2014, 03:02:56 PM »
Seeing reports that he was asked to resign.  He will stay on until a replacement is confirmed.  Curious as to who will be replaced first, him or Holder.
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Re: Hagel falling on his sword?
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2014, 04:45:52 PM »
I do have to add that my sympathy is mixed, given the predictable nature of the environment he stepped into. He must be mighty gullible if he believed he would be allowed any meaningful autonomy or input.
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Re: Hagel falling on his sword?
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2014, 05:18:06 PM »
Even a RINO like Hagel wasn't sufficiently anti-American to gain full Administration approval . . .
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Re: Hagel falling on his sword?
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2014, 05:56:03 PM »
Hagel has always been a compromising, turncoat POS.  Screw him.
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Re: Hagel falling on his sword?
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2014, 06:49:17 AM »
Well I guess during Nam he was only an NCO so he should have known how to get *expletive deleted*it done.  Definitely didn't fit into Obama's cabinet. 
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