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Senate easily confirms Mattis
« on: January 20, 2017, 10:54:51 pm »
Senate easily confirms Mattis
By Rebecca Kheel - 01/20/17 05:10 PM EST

The Senate on Friday easily confirmed James Mattis to be President Trump’s secretary of Defense, hours after Trump’s inauguration.
 
Mattis, a retired Marine general who most recently served as commander of U.S. Central Command, is highly respected by both Republicans and Democrats for his military service.
 
He retired from the military in 2013, meaning he needed a waiver to bypass a law that says Defense secretaries must be out of uniform for at least seven years.
 
Congress easily passed the waiver last week, and Trump signed the waiver legislation as his first act as president.
 
Some Democrats had expressed concern about granting Mattis the waiver, citing the need to maintain civilian control of the military. But the concerns were not enough to prevent Mattis from becoming Pentagon chief.
 
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/315382-senate-easily-confirms-mattis
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Re: Senate easily confirms Mattis
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2017, 12:24:27 am »
The man who thinks killing is FUN.
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Re: Senate easily confirms Mattis
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2017, 12:40:17 am »
Quote from: geronl on January 21, 2017, 12:24:27 am
The man who thinks killing is FUN.
That's okay with me.
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Re: Senate easily confirms Mattis
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2017, 02:57:38 am »
White padded cell is where he belongs
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Re: Senate easily confirms Mattis
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2017, 03:16:50 am »
Quote from: beandog on January 21, 2017, 12:40:17 am
That's okay with me.

Me too.

But apparently, some people have lived their entire lives in perfectly polite little enclaves where any deliberately colorful language is interpreted literally, and evidence of moral failure.

Fortunately, though, most people understand that context is important.   When you are addressing infantry who soon will be entering battle, a little bit of theater that everyone understands can do wonders to lighten the mood.  Even if it upsets the uptight grannies among us.  I imagine the granny clan would be equally shocked and horrified to learn that combat troops actually tell obscene, offensive jokes, and talk about females in a most ungentlemanly manner.  Shame on them!
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Re: Senate easily confirms Mattis
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2017, 10:19:37 am »
Quote from: geronl on January 21, 2017, 02:57:38 am
White padded cell is where he belongs

Is there some sort of form to fill out, or do I just take a number? Since I too take a certain quiet satisfaction in doing unto others what they are doing their damnedest to do to me.
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Re: Senate easily confirms Mattis
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2017, 11:36:48 am »
Quote from: geronl on January 21, 2017, 02:57:38 am
White padded cell is where he belongs
Thats racist!!! :nometalk:
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Re: Senate easily confirms Mattis
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2017, 11:55:23 am »
Quote from: EC on January 21, 2017, 10:19:37 am
Is there some sort of form to fill out, or do I just take a number? Since I too take a certain quiet satisfaction in doing unto others what they are doing their damnedest to do to me.

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