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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 10:10 AM Nov 2016

Petraeus In the Running for Secretary of State

“David Petraeus – the former US army general and CIA director who was prosecuted for mishandling classified information – has entered the race to become Donald Trump’s secretary of state,” the Guardian reports.

“Petraeus resigned in November 2012 after the FBI discovered he had had an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, and had shared classified information with her. He eventually pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for mishandling the information. People who have seen him recently say he is anxious to return to public life and has privately refused to rule out serving in a Trump administration.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2016/11/17/petraeus-running-secretary-state/

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Petraeus In the Running for Secretary of State (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2016 OP
OMG, the irony! greatauntoftriplets Nov 2016 #1
I am glad you posted that or I was going to have to... Drahthaardogs Nov 2016 #5
Can you imagine the outrage if Hillary or President Obama had done this? greatauntoftriplets Nov 2016 #6
I guess it's a free for all bdamomma Nov 2016 #2
Well at least when he violated national security... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #3
How will the Repukes who shit themselves over Hillary's alleged ... 11 Bravo Nov 2016 #4

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
5. I am glad you posted that or I was going to have to...
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 12:09 PM
Nov 2016

This cabinet is a real fucking creep show, and Ivanka is the creepiest of them all. Something about the way she moves, how she forms her mouth when she talks,...its like a creepy ass cyborg or something. Maybe Westworld is actually a documentary????

greatauntoftriplets

(175,749 posts)
6. Can you imagine the outrage if Hillary or President Obama had done this?
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 12:39 PM
Nov 2016

It boggles the mind. That misdemeanor guilty plea should have made him ineligible for any government position. The corruption is stating early with Herr Drumpf.

Wounded Bear

(58,706 posts)
3. Well at least when he violated national security...
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:17 AM
Nov 2016

and gave up vital secrets, he didn't do it via email.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
4. How will the Repukes who shit themselves over Hillary's alleged ...
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:27 AM
Nov 2016

security shortcomings rationalize a vote for "Pillow Talk" Petraeus as DCI?

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