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(OP) User ID: 49912877 United States 11/13/2013 12:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | JEH JOHSON: He co-authored the 250-page report that paved the way for the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" by Congress in 2010, which the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart called his "greatest legacy." He supports the administration's policy on drone strikes and targeted killings. "In my view, targeted lethal force is at its least controversial when it is on its strongest, most traditional legal foundation. The essential mission of the U.S. military is to capture or kill an enemy. Armies have been doing this for thousands of years," Johnson said at Fordham Law School in March. He also supports the administration's collection of "metadata," which has been something that has earned the administration wide scrutiny over the past few months. He was a law partner of the late Ted Sorensen, John F. Kennedy’s speechwriter, he told the Council on Foreign Relations in March 2012. Johnson said that Sorensen is “one of my personal heroes.” His birthday, ironically, is Sept. 11. Read more: [link to www.businessinsider.com] ********Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please******* |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 49803883 United States 11/13/2013 03:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Jeh would drone his own mother if Obama told him to. In a March 2013 speech, Johnson asserted that the President “alone” has the power to deploy troops and take military action – completely ignoring the role of Congress as enshrined in the Constitution “Let’s not lose sight of the reality that in this country we have…entrusted the President with awesome powers and responsibilities as Commander in Chief; he controls the nuclear arsenal and he alone has the authority to use it; he alone has the constitutional authority, with certain limits, to deploy thousands of men and women in the U.S. military into hostilities on the other side of the world.“ |
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(OP) User ID: 49912877 United States 11/13/2013 03:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Jeh Johnson - Leave the United States and never return. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 49803883 Jeh would drone his own mother if Obama told him to. In a March 2013 speech, Johnson asserted that the President “alone” has the power to deploy troops and take military action – completely ignoring the role of Congress as enshrined in the Constitution “Let’s not lose sight of the reality that in this country we have…entrusted the President with awesome powers and responsibilities as Commander in Chief; he controls the nuclear arsenal and he alone has the authority to use it; he alone has the constitutional authority, with certain limits, to deploy thousands of men and women in the U.S. military into hostilities on the other side of the world.“ ********Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please******* |