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2025-04-26 Home Front: Politix
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Cleans House: Fires All Pentagon Advisory Committees, Including Seat Held by Obama Crony Susan Rice
[GatewayPundit] Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has formally terminated the service of every member sitting on the Department of Defense’s advisory committees.

Based on the information available on the website as of Thursday, the now-defunct panels included several well-known Democrats and Bush-era Republicans.

  • Janine Davidson (Chair) – Former Under Secretary of the Navy under Obama. A staunch Democrat and longtime proponent of Obama-era military reforms, now steering Pentagon policy advice.

  • Michèle Flournoy – Held major Pentagon roles under Clinton and Obama; often discussed as a potential Secretary of Defense under Hillary Clinton or Biden.

  • Colin Kahl – National Security Advisor to then-VP Biden, later Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under Biden. Key Biden ally and architect of many failed Middle East strategies during the Obama years.

  • Susan Rice – National Security Advisor under Obama; Domestic Policy Advisor under Biden. Central to Obama’s foreign policy blunders and later helped craft Biden’s radical domestic agenda.

  • Dana Shell Smith – Career diplomat; served as U.S. Ambassador to Qatar under Obama.

  • Eric Edelman – Undersecretary of Defense for Policy under George W. Bush; strong neoconservative background.

  • Jon Huntsman Jr. – Served under George W. Bush (Ambassador to Singapore) and Obama (Ambassador to China); briefly served under Trump (Ambassador to Russia).

  • Kori Schake – Held roles under Bush; associated with AEI and other think tanks; known for hawkish, internationalist views.
Posted by Skidmark 2025-04-26 07:34|| || Front Page|| [170 views ]  Top

#1 Far-Left Group with Ties to Deep State Lawyers Targets Hegseth, All Participants in Signal Chat on Houthi Strikes, Sues For ALL App Records For Past Three Months
Posted by Skidmark 2025-04-26 07:40||   2025-04-26 07:40|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ National Security, bitches. Denied
Posted by Frank G 2025-04-26 07:45||   2025-04-26 07:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Firing them all ensures he got the bad ones.
Posted by Besoeker 2025-04-26 08:11||   2025-04-26 08:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Make sure their Security Clearance gets yanked as well. esp. Rice
Posted by Warthog 2025-04-26 09:42||   2025-04-26 09:42|| Front Page Top

#5 It is a start
Posted by DarthVader 2025-04-26 10:48||   2025-04-26 10:48|| Front Page Top

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