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    My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    for the Obama presidency, who will be the Secretary of Defense and who should it be? Is Patreaus still an option and would Obama consider him?
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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    Quote Originally Posted by Collier11 View Post
    for the Obama presidency, who will be the Secretary of Defense and who should it be? Is Patreaus still an option and would Obama consider him?
    I wouldn't. We need him right where he is!
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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    my biggest question, is whether he will govern from the left or from the centrist platform he ran on?

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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    I don't think Patraeus is eligible anyway. Isn't the law such that former military must be out of the military for a certain amount of time before they can be Secretary of Defense?

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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    As I said in the other thread, he would be crazy to govern with Pelosi and Reid...he would lose half the people who elected him
    Ranger Reese of OVJ country, Patrollin tha hood.

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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    Quote Originally Posted by Vaevictis View Post
    I don't think Patraeus is eligible anyway. Isn't the law such that former military must be out of the military for a certain amount of time before they can be Secretary of Defense?
    Not sure, thats why I asked Who else would be a good choice for those better informed than myself
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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    Iran will laugh at us.

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    who gives a F about Iran, many countries have been laughing at us for a few yrs now, like it or not
    Ranger Reese of OVJ country, Patrollin tha hood.

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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    Quote Originally Posted by jlew1818 View Post
    Iran will laugh at us.
    Iran has it's own problems right now. One of their top ministers is likely to be removed. If that happens, the whole government has to be put up to a vote of confidence.

    The Iranian people don't much like their government right now.
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    the day we lose our will to fight, we lose our freedom!

    hope that never happens.

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    Colin Powell

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    Charlie Hagel, Webb or keep Gates
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    Keeping Gates as SecDef would be a tremendously smart move both for him politically and the country. Gates is an excellent SecDef and far far better this his predecessor.

    That's the absolutely last time I'm complimenting an Aggie.

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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    Quote Originally Posted by Vaevictis View Post
    I don't think Patraeus is eligible anyway. Isn't the law such that former military must be out of the military for a certain amount of time before they can be Secretary of Defense?

    No such law. You can go home from your military job in the Pentagon one day, and go to work in the Pentagon in a suit as a civil servant the next day. That's called "double dipping" and countless thousands have retired from both systems. Heck, some even become "triple dippers" by working for the gubmint as a GI, civilian, and then as a government contractor. The exception is for those GI's who worked in acquisition programs. You can't go to work for the company to whom you awarded or administred a contract until a certain period of time passes.
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    Any rumblings about Wesley Clark?

    He stumped for the Dims pretty hard. Seems like there might be an attaboy coming his way.
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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    Quote Originally Posted by Tulsa_Fireman View Post
    Any rumblings about Wesley Clark?

    He stumped for the Dims pretty hard. Seems like there might be an attaboy coming his way.
    Good Grief...I hope not. He is a full blown chicken ****. He was not respected when he was the big kahuna in the Balkans...the troops HATED him and his ****ty policies.


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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    Quote Originally Posted by Rogue View Post
    Colin Powell
    Well, since he did such a great job as SOS, why not!

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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    I've heard Lugar and Hagel mentioned in some foreign policy circles as possible cabinet members.

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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    Quote Originally Posted by Okla-homey View Post
    No such law. You can go home from your military job in the Pentagon one day, and go to work in the Pentagon in a suit as a civil servant the next day. That's called "double dipping" and countless thousands have retired from both systems. Heck, some even become "triple dippers" by working for the gubmint as a GI, civilian, and then as a government contractor. The exception is for those GI's who worked in acquisition programs. You can't go to work for the company to whom you awarded or administred a contract until a certain period of time passes.
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    Re: My biggest and IMHO, most important question...

    Quote Originally Posted by Okla-homey View Post
    No such law. You can go home from your military job in the Pentagon one day, and go to work in the Pentagon in a suit as a civil servant the next day. That's called "double dipping" and countless thousands have retired from both systems. Heck, some even become "triple dippers" by working for the gubmint as a GI, civilian, and then as a government contractor. The exception is for those GI's who worked in acquisition programs. You can't go to work for the company to whom you awarded or administred a contract until a certain period of time passes.
    I think there is, unless I'm misinterpreting it.

    http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/113.html

    (a) There is a Secretary of Defense, who is the head of the Department of Defense, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. A person may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within 10 years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force.

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