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Ashton Carter Likely Next U.S. Defense Secretary

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-12-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 How much money did Carter raise for the ONE during the last campaign?

Posted by Mystic 2014-12-03 00:17|| 2014-12-03 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 When Carter stepped down last year, officials denied reports that he had clashed with Hagel.

Ag, C Cassius Brutus at work and play.

"If one wishes to have a friend in Washington, buy a dog."
~ Harry Truman

Posted by Besoeker 2014-12-03 01:12|| 2014-12-03 01:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Look on the bright side - Obumble & Company could have picked a lot of worse choices.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2014-12-03 06:17|| 2014-12-03 06:17|| Front Page Top

#4 In a way, it doesn't matter who is SecDef. All he has to is to do what ValJar and Susan Rice tell him to do.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-12-03 09:39|| 2014-12-03 09:39|| Front Page Top

#5 someone with an independent streak and America's best interest wouldn't take the job. Puppet

Posted by Frank G 2014-12-03 10:41|| 2014-12-03 10:41|| Front Page Top

#6 holds a doctorate in theoretical physics

So, another Sheldon Cooper?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2014-12-03 12:30|| 2014-12-03 12:30|| Front Page Top

#7 No, not this one,

This one: Defense Nominee Ashton Carter Won Praise for Fighting Cuts to Military

Posted by Tholung Noodleman4539 2014-12-03 12:33|| 2014-12-03 12:33|| Front Page Top

#8 Sure it's not Ashton Kucher?

Posted by Barbara 2014-12-03 12:50|| 2014-12-03 12:50|| Front Page Top

#9 That was my first thought, Barbara. And he actually fits the bill: compliant, expendable, and mostly harmless. {insert Demi Moore joke here}

Posted by SteveS 2014-12-03 15:05|| 2014-12-03 15:05|| Front Page Top

#10 and helped with efforts to remove nuclear weapons from Ukraine and other former Soviet territories.

Sounds like a Architect for what Obama wants to do for our Nuclear Arsenal. Just one EO away from abolishing our Nuclear Deterent.

Posted by Charles 2014-12-03 23:31|| 2014-12-03 23:31|| Front Page Top

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