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| Obama visiting Puzzle Palace Monday; Islamic State on Agenda |
| 2015-12-13 |
| The president will visit the Pentagon on Monday to discuss the country's strategy against the Islamic State with members of his national security team. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday that the president's meeting will focus on steps to "strengthen the execution of our strategy and hasten the defeat of ISIL." Obama will hear from the Defense Department, senior commanders in the field, and the National Security Council during Monday's meetings, after which he is expected to address the press. It will mark his second visit to the Pentagon this year. During the first in July, he championed progress in the fight against the terrorist group, while stating that there will always be set-backs in any military campaign. The meetings come as both lawmakers and the public are calling for the president to step up his strategy against the terrorist group. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #13 Lets not bring innocent fishbait into this. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-13 23:07 |
| #12 Tried placing a call, and who answered? You'd swear it was old mother Bamford: "I've sent your brochure, And would like to assure You, our AI has set a new standard!" |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2015-12-13 16:28 |
| #11 One small point: I always thought that the NSA was the puzzle palace. The Pentagon was Fort Fumble or something like that. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-12-13 15:39 |
| #10 I think #9 Frank nailed it. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2015-12-13 15:12 |
| #9 "One last bullshit photo op to calm the rubes then I'm off for Hawaii" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-12-13 13:15 |
| #8 ... or making sure the transgendered bathrooms are working. |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-12-13 11:27 |
| #7 Probably checking affirmative action compliance. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-12-13 11:20 |
| #6 Doesn't matter where you go if you refuse to listen. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-12-13 11:14 |
| #5 Dyslexia? I first read the headline as "Obama visiting Islamic State; Puzzle Palace on Agenda. It could be true... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-12-13 10:57 |
| #4 Checking on the political reliability of his appointees. How'd that work in Iraq? The fool doesn't understand its the middle grades that make it work. He can remove people from their duty appointment, but he can't fire them. Just hanging on obstructs promotions of subordinates as the law restricts the number of officers and ranks. The management of which resides basically with Congress. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-12-13 10:41 |
| #3 I'll go with a sub-agenda of "enforcing discipline." He's getting grief from the Pentagon and there's been quite a few press-leaks from the Puzzle Palace. I suspect there's also DOD and service-wide morale issues to be "addressed." I might even go out on a limb and speculate on there being retirements over the holidays and the January-February doldrums. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-12-13 09:27 |
| #2 Pure P.R. Remember, everything is political with this bunch. Everything. He must have some really horrific polling & focus group data if he is doing this. Even flatworms have enough of a nervous system and will turn away from pain stimuli. |
| Posted by: Nguard 2015-12-13 07:27 |
| #1 The president will visit the Pentagon on Monday to discuss the country's strategy against the Islamic State with members of his national security team. Thought they met every morning? he is expected to address the press Ohhh, a fotop. |
| Posted by: Sloluth Protector of the Weak7539 2015-12-13 02:23 |