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louis c

(8,652 posts) Fri Dec 21, 2018, 03:55 PM Dec 2018

Confirmation Hearing for New Secretary of Defense

"Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position." James Mattis

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Confirmation Hearing for New Secretary of Defense (Original Post) louis c Dec 2018 OP

I'm waiting to hear Erik prince's name from trump. Rocky888 Dec 2018 #1

I did not not know until today that Prince is "owned" by the Chinese. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2018 #2

He's proven his patriotism goes to highest bidder, just like the trump crime family and gop. Rocky888 Dec 2018 #3

Rocky888

(297 posts)

1. I'm waiting to hear Erik prince's name from trump.

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 04:23 PM

Dec 2018

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. I did not not know until today that Prince is "owned" by the Chinese.

Reply to Rocky888 (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 12:38 AM

Dec 2018

He is now chairman of a Hong Kong-based company called Frontier Services Group, under US investigation for
""advancing the strategic agenda of the United States' largest rival."
https://www.axios.com/blackwater-erik-prince-china-firm-4beb5a79-7230-4c21-99b1-0aad4d1bdf2d.html

Also being investigated by Mueller for that meeting in the Seychelles that Kushner and others held to plot ...
hell, I forget which plot it was, there have been so damn many.

Rocky888

(297 posts)

3. He's proven his patriotism goes to highest bidder, just like the trump crime family and gop.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 12:52 AM

Dec 2018

But they would never take a knee during “star spangled banner” because that makes you a traitor.

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