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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 10:38:14 GMT -6
Case in point: This asshole. "We" have a right to attack her? What is this, a school-yard fight?
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Post by JukEboX on Oct 23, 2017 10:46:34 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2017 10:59:09 GMT -6
Oh nooooooooooooo. There's no briefing today bc POTUS is holding a press conference with the PM of Singapore. That means we're going to hear about Myeshia Johnson directly from him
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 23, 2017 11:11:40 GMT -6
Is this normal ? Could some Military Ladies weight in on this ? hawkward IME, yes. It is normal when the body is very badly damaged. There is an AF Colonel on CNN saying the family is allowed to see after they take possession of the body. I'm assuming they very strongly urged her to not look. Because that is not the image of your husband/father/son you want to be the lasting one.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 23, 2017 11:13:43 GMT -6
So this morning a lot of the chatter has been on the reauth of use of military force. havent they just been kicking AUMF down the road all session?
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2017 11:44:15 GMT -6
I think the plan was always to review the AUMF in the fall; But the fact that nobody in the Senate knew we had 1,000 troops on the ground in Niger has lit a fire beneath them
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2017 11:48:42 GMT -6
HPSCI subpoenaed Fusion GPS' financial records from their bank, but they petitioned a court to deny the access. Now we wait.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2017 11:51:23 GMT -6
prepare for Stupidity.
The Podesta Group has been swept up in Mueller's investigation bc it's possible they violated FARA when working with Paul Manafort in Ukraine. The Podesta Group has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton, but brace yourselves for Seven-Degress-of-Crooked-Hillary lies
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2017 11:55:02 GMT -6
I always love how obvious he makes it that he doesn't read his remarks ahead of time. He'll read a sentence someone wrote for him and say, "So true." BRO, you're supposed to act like you're talking on the fly here
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Post by hawkward on Oct 23, 2017 11:56:35 GMT -6
IME, yes. It is normal when the body is very badly damaged. There is an AF Colonel on CNN saying the family is allowed to see after they take possession of the body. I'm assuming they very strongly urged her to not look. Because that is not the image of your husband/father/son you want to be the lasting one. I think this is definitely one of those policy vs practice things because of the bolded. At the base of it, no matter what policy is, the command (except the CIC apparently ) does what they can to protect Gold Star families.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 23, 2017 11:57:47 GMT -6
I always love how obvious he makes it that he doesn't read his remarks ahead of time. He'll read a sentence someone wrote for him and say, "So true." BRO, you're supposed to act like you're talking on the fly here Much like how he made fun of Obama using a teleprompter. At least when reading from a tp, you are looking at the audience you're addressing.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2017 12:02:32 GMT -6
Prime Minister, re: Korean peninsula: "Pressure is necessary, but so is dialog. The US will need to work with others...to resolve the issue"
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2017 12:03:20 GMT -6
now he's subtly scolding Trump for tangling with China.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 23, 2017 12:04:13 GMT -6
No questions taken.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2017 12:04:26 GMT -6
He didn't take any questions.
Coward.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2017 12:14:36 GMT -6
honestly it's probably best that he didn't say a single word off script. The last thing Myeshia Johnson needs is another stupid ass comment from him
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Post by athn64 on Oct 23, 2017 12:25:56 GMT -6
Is this normal ? Could some Military Ladies weight in on this ? hawkward IME, yes. It is normal when the body is very badly damaged. Good to know. Like I said, I didn't know protocol. I can see how it would be very hard on the family to see that kind of damage on their loved ones as their last image.
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Post by pesto on Oct 23, 2017 12:37:10 GMT -6
So true and so infuriating.
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Post by shadesofgold on Oct 23, 2017 12:37:26 GMT -6
How ironic! (That's a pun, get it? Because Neibuhr wrote The Irony of American History. Get it?) *adjusts glasses*
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Post by shadesofgold on Oct 23, 2017 12:40:04 GMT -6
Is this normal ? Could some Military Ladies weight in on this ? hawkward IME, yes. It is normal when the body is very badly damaged. Shouldn't the family member get the choice with all the appropriate warnings? I'm pretty sure that's how it works at a hospital or with the coroner, right? Why should the military or PD get to choose for the family? It really seems all wrapped up with the fact that they can't tell her what happened or his cause of death.
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Post by shadesofgold on Oct 23, 2017 12:55:54 GMT -6
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Post by shadesofgold on Oct 23, 2017 13:04:32 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2017 13:13:04 GMT -6
And POTUS is tweeting about the NFL
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2017 13:13:18 GMT -6
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 23, 2017 13:21:33 GMT -6
Jimmy Carter has offered to go to North Korea.
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Post by elle on Oct 23, 2017 13:28:19 GMT -6
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 23, 2017 14:08:45 GMT -6
Gen Dunford is addressing the Niger what do we know
He is not sure why Sgt Johnson was found a mile away, they are still investigating.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 23, 2017 14:10:39 GMT -6
Should the press not ask tough questions?
Dun: Im not sure what youre referring to. But in this case, we owe the families and american people to find out what happened and these are all fair questions.
(hey look another adult in the room). We just want to make sure the info we give is factual. We will go visit the families if they will welcome us and share all the facts and give them opportunity to ask questions. We do that before we share with press.
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