Marco Announces Support of Top National Security Experts

[ABX]

Today, the campaign publicly announced Marco’s National Security Advisory Council, which will provide strategic advice to Marco and the campaign regarding foreign policy, defense, intelligence, and homeland security issues.
The group will lend their considerable expertise to Marco’s efforts to make the case for American leadership in an increasingly uncertain world.....

Marco’s National Security Advisory Council

Elliott Abrams, former Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy
General Keith Alexander, former Director, National Security Agency
Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security
Eliot Cohen, former Counselor of the Department of State
Senator Norm Coleman
Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs
Ambassador Eric Edelman, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Aaron Friedberg, former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President
Kim Holmes, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Ambassador Robert Joseph, former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Senator Jon Kyl
John Lehman, former Secretary of the Navy
Michael Mukasey, former Attorney General
Andrew Natsios, former Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development
Dan Senor, former Senior Advisor & Chief Spokesman, Coalition in Iraq
Ambassador Kristen Silverberg, former Ambassador to the European Union
Senator Jim Talent
Dov Zakheim, former Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

https://marcorubio.com/news/marco-rubio-national-security-foreign-policy-advisors/

[Mod2]

Immediate tangent deleted.

Read the title of the thread again. Confine yourself to that person, or the named experts.

[A-Lert]

Immediate tangent deleted.

Read the title of the thread again. Confine yourself to that person, or the named experts.

 

[sinkspur]

Chertoff,Abrams,Senor, Kyl, Mukasey

Outstanding advisors.  Nobody else has named a single national security advisor.

[sinkspur]

Thread killer.

Nobody wants to talk about Rubio. Only Trump.

[sinkspur]

Rubio impresses me, as well as many others, on foreign affairs He is articulate and would probably be the best candidate in the general (IMHO). Unfortunately, he's got the Sean Hannity talking him down along with a few other media figures.

Hannity had another full hour of Trump tonight. That makes three weeks in a row.

Anybody doubt he'll give Trump another hour of softball questions next Monday?  The night before Ohio and FLorida?

Hannity is a shill and should be anathema to any thinking conservative.

[Right_in_Virginia]

If Rubio was serious about National Security he would been a regular attendee of the meetings held by the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Intelligence.  But he missed more meetings of these committees than any other Senator. 

Like everything about Marco Rubio, these announcements of "support" are window dressing. 

[GAJohnnie]

No surprise, the "Caucus for Perpetual War" of Defense Industry lobbyists is supporting a candidate promising to write blank checks off the taxpayers to them.


Our Blood+Our Treasure=their fat bank accounts.

[GAJohnnie]

If Rubio was serious about National Security he would been a regular attendee of the meetings held by the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Intelligence.  But he missed more meetings of these committees than any other Senator. 

Like everything about Marco Rubio, these announcements of "support" are window dressing.

Check what these people do now. This is the K Street lobby list of who is who in Defense Contract lobbying

[sinkspur]

Here's Trump, just this morning, on his foreign policy team (Morning Joe):

[GAJohnnie]

So which Lobby firm do you work for Sink?

[Bill Cipher]

So which Lobby firm do you work for Sink?

Would you cut it out.  Sinkspur has many flaws, as do most of us, but there's no call for gratuitously insulting someone as a paid shill without solid outside evidence.  Should we be calling you a paid shill for Trump because of your unwavering support for him?

[GAJohnnie]

Always find it amusing that "Conservatives" rage about the incestuous interrelationship between Democrat Politcal Leaders, News Media figures and various Lobbying interests then rage when ever anyone points out how the GOPE has the same set of incestuous interrelationship with other lobbying groups.

The supposed Democrat/Republican poltical divide in DC is really not about anything more then whose set of lobby pigs get which sets of seats at the taxpayer money trough.

[Bill Cipher]

Always find it amusing that "Conservatives" rage about the incestuous interrelationship between Democrat Politcal Leaders, News Media figures and various Lobbying interests then rage when ever anyone points out how the GOPE has the same set of incestuous interrelationship with other lobbying groups.

The supposed Democrat/Republican poltical divide in DC is really not about anything more then whose set of lobby pigs get which sets of seats at the taxpayer money trough.

Fair enough. Perhaps we could also discuss the incestuous relationships between Donald Trump, all manner of local govt officials, the Clintons, and etc. 

[A-Lert]

If Rubio was serious about National Security he would been a regular attendee of the meetings held by the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Intelligence.  But he missed more meetings of these committees than any other Senator. 

Like everything about Marco Rubio, these announcements of "support" are window dressing.

I heard this AM on the Dana Loesch Show that Rubio's top advisers think he should drop out of the race prior to the Florida primary fearing a loss there would be too damaging to his political future. The Rubio camp demnies it.

[PzLdr]

And how is our National Security?

[libertybele]

Rubio impresses me, as well as many others, on foreign affairs He is articulate and would probably be the best candidate in the general (IMHO). Unfortunately, he's got the Sean Hannity talking him down along with a few other media figures.

Unfortunately Rubio buddied up with Schumer and joined the Gang of Eight, voted against conservative amendments to the Iran Nuke deal and voted for John Kerry as Secretary of State....I don't find that in the least impressive at all.

[libertybele]

I heard this AM on the Dana Loesch Show that Rubio's top advisers think he should drop out of the race prior to the Florida primary fearing a loss there would be too damaging to his political future. The Rubio camp demnies it.

His establishment cronies want him to stay in; the longer he stays in the closer we get to a convention.

[Carling]

Well the support of all these GOProg national security experts sure helped Rubio today.   

[A-Lert]

His establishment cronies want him to stay in; the longer he stays in the closer we get to a convention.

After his "showing" today, I believe he'll drop out shortly.

[HAPPY2BME]

After his "showing" today, I believe he'll drop out shortly.

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[truth_seeker]

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That does seem like the long and short, of it.

[Chosen Daughter]

Unfortunately Rubio buddied up with Schumer and joined the Gang of Eight, voted against conservative amendments to the Iran Nuke deal and voted for John Kerry as Secretary of State....I don't find that in the least impressive at all.

It won't matter what he does it is what he has done keeping him down.  I guess the establishment is slow.  They don't get it.

[HonestJohn]

Rubio and Kasich will stay in until the Florida/Ohio primaries.

After that, they will probably drop out (unless they win them, of course).

[libertybele]

Rubio and Kasich will stay in until the Florida/Ohio primaries.

After that, they will probably drop out (unless they win them, of course).

When Rubio drops out after losing Florida his career is over.   He can take his lies and his plans for amnesty out the door with him. Losing Florida should finally send a clear message -- an "establishment" candidate is NOT wanted.  Yesterday was yet another indicator.  Rubio did so poorly that he took ZERO delegates. He is 307 delegates behind Trump and 208 delegates behind Cruz. All Rubio is doing right now is hoping this goes to convention.  IF Trump takes Florida it's over.  Polls indicate that Trump is almost leading Rubio by 20 points and after Rubio's poor performance yesterday, I think he will lose big!!  Good riddance!