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87. Out Cheneying-Cheney: Obama’s Likely Defense Pick Once Backed Pre-emptive Attack on North Korea

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 12:37 PM

Dec 2014

Out Cheneying-Cheney: Obama’s Likely Defense Pick Once Backed Pre-emptive Attack on North Korea

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/12/4/out_cheneying_cheney_obamas_likely_defense

President Obama is reportedly preparing to nominate former Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to replace ousted Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. A trained physicist, Carter has a long history at the Pentagon, where he once served as the chief arms buyer. In 2006, he made headlines when he backed a pre-emptive strike against North Korea if the country continued with plans to conduct a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. He co-wrote a piece headlined "If Necessary, Strike and Destroy." We speak to Alice Slater, New York director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and a member of the Abolition 2000 coordinating committee.

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Once Again President Obama Chooses a Fox to Guard the Henhouse. [View all] rhett o rick Nov 2014 OP

What are some other examples, please? searchfortruth1 Nov 2014 #1

There were two examples in the OP. How many do you need? nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #2

And don't forget wheeler Doctor_J Nov 2014 #13

Arnie Duncan. The list is long. I've asked repeatedly for someone to rhett o rick Nov 2014 #14

well, there's Van Jones, Doctor_J Nov 2014 #16

Yes. To this day, he remains my absolute favorite Obama appointment RufusTFirefly Nov 2014 #17

Got the Chance to meet him once, Mbrow Nov 2014 #43

Yes! I am familiar with his work with the Ella Baker Center, too. RufusTFirefly Nov 2014 #46

Yes, there was Van Jones, and look what happened to him.. mountain grammy Nov 2014 #63

Warren to head the freshly minted Consumer Protection Bureau, as I recall. Want more, you just asked Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #45

Aren't you clever? But actually you make my point. nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #58

How about Michael R. Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the FDA RufusTFirefly Nov 2014 #18

All Broken Promises billhicks76 Nov 2014 #49

How about Taub and Hammond at the Postal Commission? merrily Nov 2014 #64

I hope your "searchfortruth" is successful. I noticed you popped in and left your post rhett o rick Nov 2014 #19

he couldn't handle it when he found it Enrique Nov 2014 #35

Geitner, Paulson, Duncan, and Wheeler at FCC nikto Nov 2014 #54

Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #55

Monsanto CEOs, Gates and Hagel, REPUBLICANS in Defense, Bush Loyalists left in the NSA, Clapper, sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #86

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Nov 2014 #3

K & R +++ Thespian2 Nov 2014 #4

LOLx2, so that is why Obama went into community organizing, so he could cozy up to the banks.... Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #5

His work as a community organizer does not prevent him from being dependent on the financial JDPriestly Nov 2014 #10

What is obvious? I agree with this new member.Are you really disparaging them because they are new? rhett o rick Nov 2014 #12

Thank you! markpkessinger Nov 2014 #53

You've been here less than a year, Fred Sanders. Kermitt Gribble Nov 2014 #21

So, you agree with the new guy, Obama is a "hired hand", a lackey in the employ of and totally Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #22

Here is my conclusion. Either Pres Obama chooses conservatives because he supports conservatism rhett o rick Nov 2014 #27

I really appreciate your thought processes, R o R. grasswire Nov 2014 #79

Thank you and I appreciate your posts also. We must keep up the pressure. nm rhett o rick Dec 2014 #81

How else do you explain his appointments? Kermitt Gribble Nov 2014 #32

Isn't the whole point of a group that we don't need to have this kind of discussion? merrily Nov 2014 #65

Thank you. ~nt RiverLover Nov 2014 #67

Every other group is a "safe haven." Why not this one? merrily Nov 2014 #68

Here is my take. I would like this to be a safe haven for open discussions. I don't mind at all if rhett o rick Nov 2014 #70

There is at least one hidden post on this thread. merrily Nov 2014 #73

maybe you can explain for us all of Obama's very disappointing appointments magical thyme Nov 2014 #34

You Thespian2 Nov 2014 #42

That's so wrong--Goldman Sachs & JPMorgan were Obama's biggest donors RiverLover Nov 2014 #61

Let's see, Wall street inside for treasury LiberalArkie Nov 2014 #6

Hope and Change for Wall Street? jalan48 Nov 2014 #7

It looks to me like Pres Obama is in good with Wall Street or a higher power is calling the shots.nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #8

I am sure it is 11 dimensional chess. zeemike Nov 2014 #9

But it's like Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy (BO) promising Charlie Brown (99%) that rhett o rick Nov 2014 #11

what the fan club refuses to acknowledge is that this is bad politics as well as bad governance Doctor_J Nov 2014 #15

Do you have a possible explanation for Pres Obama's obsession with appointing conservatives? nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #20

It is possible to support Warren and twice elected Democratic party President Obama, it is not that Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #23

Obama was twice elected because he pretended to be progressive. Why not support a real progressive rhett o rick Nov 2014 #25

I see Obama as transitional, he is the pioneer as Gorbachev was....history will be the judge of that Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #26

"And all I see on his overall agenda are clear progressive policies" You must be reading rhett o rick Nov 2014 #28

Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #39

Just a Minute saintsebastian Nov 2014 #50

So far, other than Sen Sanders, she is the best candidate we have. nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #57

I hope by that time Warren will be so popular among most Democrats, that there Cal33 Nov 2014 #24

My greatest fear is that she's just another illusion. Like Obama 2008. Doctor_J Nov 2014 #41

She might be. But she seems like less of a cipher than the President RufusTFirefly Nov 2014 #47

my exact same fear Caretha Nov 2014 #52

X2 ctsnowman Nov 2014 #59

Watch this video from back when she was still a professor RiverLover Nov 2014 #62

I have watched Elizabeth Warren long enough to feel quite sure that she is the real McCoy. I Cal33 Nov 2014 #71

Others had been watching Obama from afar since his speech at the 2004 Democratic National merrily Nov 2014 #74

I've read that when she was working at the Treasury Dep't, she had no fear about telling Cal33 Dec 2014 #82

A decade ago, she wrote a book about the 99% getting MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #78

He hired a lot of Republicans to run his government. Aren't there enough better Democrats around Cal33 Dec 2014 #83

Jeebus... ReRe Nov 2014 #29

He talks a good talk. It's the walk that's troubling. nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #30

Now well into the 6th year...it does seem that's a big concern... KoKo Nov 2014 #75

The middle class are frogs in the water on the stove. The temperature is rising rhett o rick Nov 2014 #77

politics as usual highmindedhavi Nov 2014 #31

Yep. 840high Nov 2014 #33

Yeah, the fan club calls us racists and blames us for all thats gone wrong for 6 years Doctor_J Nov 2014 #38

They want so badly to have a leader they can blindly follow. Not make up their own minds rhett o rick Nov 2014 #56

Last week, Sen. Warren wrote a HuffPo blog about Obama picking Weiss red dog 1 Nov 2014 #36

Senator Warren is one of the few in Washington... Hubert Flottz Nov 2014 #37

Her and Bernie Sanders. Mbrow Nov 2014 #44

Washington is a crime FAMILY. A racket. All the insiders Obama chooses pretty much tips their hand blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #40

The fucking Third Way. Phlem Nov 2014 #48

When Oh When? colsohlibgal Nov 2014 #51

Do you think they will harrass Hillary they way they did her husband Bill, and Cal33 Dec 2014 #85

K&R DeSwiss Nov 2014 #60

Pin of the Week! demwing Nov 2014 #66

Thanks demwing. Let's get this movement going. nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #69

The president appoints right wing asshole and Wall Street shills QC Nov 2014 #72

There's THAT to consider. Judging him by his Appointments..... KoKo Nov 2014 #76

For a real "thrill", investigate the Bush Lazard connections. grasswire Nov 2014 #80

Nice to see this pinned! Odin2005 Dec 2014 #84

Out Cheneying-Cheney: Obama’s Likely Defense Pick Once Backed Pre-emptive Attack on North Korea wavesofeuphoria Dec 2014 #87

kick woo me with science Dec 2014 #88