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President Barack Obama addreses military personnel at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
(Via FreeBeacon) The U.S. military has been hindered by an overbearing and inexperienced White House under President Barack Obama, according to each of his three former defense secretaries, causing the Pentagon to struggle to carry out operations and make decisions.
(Via Daily Caller) Two top intelligence analysts at U.S. Central Command say they were kicked out for producing negative reports on Syrian rebel groups backed by the Obama administration.
Sources close to these analysts told The Daily Beast that they were actively targeted by military leadership for not delivering a glowing report on U.S. progress in the war against the Islamic State, The Daily Beast reports.
(CNSNews) News station KUSI in San Diego is reporting that actor Gary Sinise has come to the aid of a wounded war veteran who has endured more than 240 surgeries.
Marine Staff Sgt. Jason Ross was injured by an IED during his second deployment in Afghanistan in March, 2011. Both of his legs were amputated, along with part of his pelvic bone.
(FoxNews) Winning the battle against ISIS has been made more difficult by the U.S. military being overtaken by political correctness, Lt. Col. Ralph Peters (Ret.) said on “America’s Newsroom” today.
“Warfare is about death and destruction,” Peters said. “It’s not about good table manners.”
President Barack Obama’s National Security Council (NSC) is far too big and engages in too much aggressive activism, former military officials said Monday.
Instead of facilitating communication, the NSC’s goal has switched to “warping” Department of Defense decisions and micromanaging the intelligence community. NSC’s explosion in size, from 40 staffers under former President George W. Bush to 400 under Obama, has coincided with its self-granted expansion in jurisdiction over policy. This explosion has former Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre worried, Breaking Defense reports.
Most of these people are either supremely self-centered or just leftists who generally don’t see why those who put their life on the line so they can sleep at night should be honored.
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