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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 04:42 PM
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Where was Secretary of Defense Gates ??
When the guy was murdering those soldiers at Fort Hood? Isn't he in charge of all the military forces? Did he ever make a statement? I did not see it. If not, why not?
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   kentuck, I don't have teevee right now.  EFerrari   Nov-07-09 04:44 PM   #1 
   Neither at the moment..  kentuck   Nov-07-09 04:45 PM   #3 
      Thank you!  EFerrari   Nov-07-09 04:47 PM   #5 
      If I were in the military I'd want to knock Roger Ailes out.  Ironman3476   Nov-07-09 04:53 PM   #8 
   Have SecDefs EVER made a statement in those situations?  charlie and algernonDU Moderator   Nov-07-09 04:45 PM   #2 
   No.  timeforpeace   Nov-07-09 04:46 PM   #4 
   The chain of command...  kentuck   Nov-07-09 04:47 PM   #6 
      but if it's a major event that has national security implications  charlie and algernonDU Moderator   Nov-07-09 04:49 PM   #7 
   Off being a Repubican  Bluenorthwest   Nov-07-09 05:00 PM   #9 
   Sec of Army  C_Lawyer09   Nov-07-09 05:09 PM   #10 
   Of course, it was a silly question.  kentuck   Nov-07-09 06:01 PM   #11 
   Wasn't Gates Geroge Bush's Secy of Defense?  lib2DaBone   Nov-07-09 06:21 PM   #12 
   Here  nsd   Nov-07-09 06:26 PM   #13 
   Gates works for the President of the United States  Thothmes   Nov-07-09 08:21 PM   #14 
 
EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 04:44 PM
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1. kentuck, I don't have teevee right now.
Is the media going with "Muslin jihadi" over "WTF is wrong with mental health units in our military"?

I don't mean to hijack but if you get a chance, tia.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 04:45 PM
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3. Neither at the moment..
Although FOX is attempting to go with "spies in our military" stories.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 04:47 PM
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5. Thank you!
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Ironman3476 (81 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 04:53 PM
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8. If I were in the military I'd want to knock Roger Ailes out.
And then revive him so I could choke him out . Then revive him so I could kick the squeal out of him.
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charlie and algernon DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 04:45 PM
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2. Have SecDefs EVER made a statement in those situations?
I don't know, I'm asking. Don't they usually defer to either the commander in chief or the base commander?
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 04:46 PM
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4. No.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 04:47 PM
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6. The chain of command...
would dictate that the Sec of Defense would comment before the Commander in Chief.
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charlie and algernon DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 04:49 PM
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7. but if it's a major event that has national security implications
or is simply a mass casulty event, it's better that the Commander in Chief makes the statement to calm the nation and all that jazz.
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:00 PM
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9. Off being a Repubican
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C_Lawyer09 (293 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 05:09 PM
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10. Sec of Army
Would weigh in first. Why would gates, far removed from Fort Hood start making statements until he knew all of the facts? That is if he wanted to make a statement. You ask a silly question.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 06:01 PM
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11. Of course, it was a silly question.
Pardon me for even bringing up the subject. Silly me.
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lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 06:21 PM
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12. Wasn't Gates Geroge Bush's Secy of Defense?
oops.. wrong guy.. sorry, couldn't be the same guy... I stand corrected..
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nsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 06:26 PM
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13. Here
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20...
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 08:21 PM
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14. Gates works for the President of the United States
Where was the President? when the this guy was murdering those soldiers at Fort Hood? Isn't he in charge of all the military forces?
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