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dixiegrrrrl

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10. There IS bright spot, however....

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 2, 2016, 12:34 AM

Dec 2016

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member on Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Personnel, on President-elect Trump's plan to nominate James Mattis for defense secretary:
'While I deeply respect General Mattis's service, I will oppose a waiver. Civilian control of our military is a fundamental principle of American democracy,
and I will not vote for an exception to this rule' - NBC News

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This crew is likely to start some type of WW III wherein other nations will all turn against the US! RKP5637 Dec 2016 #1

America is the new Germany world wide wally Dec 2016 #2

Sadly, it really is. That is some monstrous crew Trump is assembling, really creepy and freaky. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #3

There IS bright spot, however.... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2016 #10

Other countries leftynyc Dec 2016 #4

Or they'll get into some kind of pissing contest about who has the biggest gun and then one will RKP5637 Dec 2016 #6

They are all terrible. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2016 #5

Yep, basically Trump is turning the administration into a huge big-corporate-business syndicate. RKP5637 Dec 2016 #8

This country has really been run by big business for ever. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2016 #9

Here's a link to the full story. hedda_foil Dec 2016 #7