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ancianita

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19. When a new commander-in-chief wants it back, the Pentagon & congress cooperate. Right now, military

Reply to Odoreida (Reply #14)

Thu Jul 25, 2019, 06:45 PM

Jul 2019

Last edited Thu Jul 25, 2019, 11:25 PM - Edit history (1)

are the smartest officials under executive leadership.

Congress represents The People, and this move, given the subpoenas and SDNY investigations, might be needed for proper, uncompromised civilian branch of government.

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Congress quietly removes security clearance process from White House and transfers it to the Pentago [View all] turbinetree Jul 2019 OP

Now That's Interesting Me. Jul 2019 #1

Good iluvtennis Jul 2019 #2

Gawd, I hope they can revoke clearances pandr32 Jul 2019 #3

Maybe they can revoke Fat Donnie's security clearance. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2019 #18

Agreed! pandr32 Jul 2019 #23

"Fat Donnie" doesn't have, nor does he need, a security clearance. Totally Tunsie Jul 2019 #27

That's a little disturbing. You can run for president without having to have LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2019 #28

I've always found this VERY disturbing and quite unbelievable Totally Tunsie Jul 2019 #29

Good move. sheshe2 Jul 2019 #4

When is Kushner and his wife's clearances getting revoked. onecaliberal Jul 2019 #5

For this administration it's a good thing, but do we really want Merlot Jul 2019 #6

The military takes orders. tetedur Jul 2019 #16

You should read the oaths as not what you think DavidCayJohnston Jul 2019 #30

Typically incomplete, misleading raw story piece. onenote Jul 2019 #7

Thanks. Too bad we are a reverb for raw (non) story. erronis Jul 2019 #11

Thank you. Delmette2.0 Jul 2019 #12

How does that square with what Warner sponsored? JudyM Jul 2019 #24

both are true, the law is more effective than an executive order IronLionZion Jul 2019 #26

Wow, that last paragraph is pointed. It's as if I wrote it. ffr Jul 2019 #8

But Jared needs it to sell secrets to their pals. keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #9

Take away the keys for christs sake randr Jul 2019 #10

Not sure this is accurate. There are lots of different clearances and some aren't DoD. erronis Jul 2019 #13

Really? You want to give up civilian control? Odoreida Jul 2019 #14

When a new commander-in-chief wants it back, the Pentagon & congress cooperate. Right now, military ancianita Jul 2019 #19

Now that I think of it, I take back what I said. Because this is just for show and means nothing. Odoreida Jul 2019 #21

He relieves them of command. Obama did it over a hundred times. ancianita Jul 2019 #22

SecDef is a civilian. n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2019 #25

This Has Been a National Security Nightmare dlk Jul 2019 #15

WATCH! now all of the security clearance problems including Jared, Ivanka and her brothers..... usaf-vet Jul 2019 #17

Democrats are spineless!!11 mcar Jul 2019 #20