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Old 11-08-2017, 08:45   #1
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Petition for White House to withdrawn nomination of Dean Winslow

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pet...health-affairs

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“I may get in trouble with other members of the committee just say how insane it is that in the United States of America a civilian can go out and buy a semi-automatic like an AR-15, which apparently was the weapon that was used,” Winslow said.
Trump Pentagon pick says its 'insane' for civilians to own semi-automatic weapons

This is not someone I want in the chain of command at the Pentagon overseeing the health and well being of our armed forces members.
Former AF Colonel and now a professor at Standford.

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Old 11-08-2017, 10:01   #2
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Trump Pentagon pick says its 'insane' for civilians to own semi-automatic weapons

This is not someone I want in the chain of command at the VA overseeing the health and well being of our armed forces members.
Former AF Colonel and now a professor at Standford.
He's a US Air Farce Alumnus. The only organization in the military where they'll give a 1st LT the keys to a $50M aircraft with a nuclear weapon on board but he/she has to have an AP escort to draw a .38 Special from the arms room so he/she will have something to defend themselves with if they get shot down.
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Old 11-08-2017, 10:22   #3
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He's a US Air Farce Alumnus. The only organization in the military where they'll give a 1st LT the keys to a $50M aircraft with a nuclear weapon on board but he/she has to have an AP escort to draw a .38 Special from the arms room so he/she will have something to defend themselves with if they get shot down.
LMAO ROTF. So friggin true.
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Old 11-08-2017, 15:24   #4
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This is not someone I want in the chain of command at the VA
Not the VA - he's being vetted to become the ASD/HA in charge of the Military Health System - the hospitals and other medical facilities/functions of the DoD.
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Old 11-08-2017, 15:37   #5
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Not the VA - he's being vetted to become the ASD/HA in charge of the Military Health System - the hospitals and other medical facilities/functions of the DoD.
Corrected to read Pentagon instead of VA. Thanks for the correction.
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Old 11-09-2017, 15:03   #6
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Not the VA - he's being vetted to become the ASD/HA in charge of the Military Health System - the hospitals and other medical facilities/functions of the DoD.
That's the kind of guy that would definitely make sure that, if you were even having a tiny bit of a bad day - like you got the can of ham & lima beans instead of the stew 'cause you wanted the barter value for peaches - the words "clinical depression" would end up in your record and you'd be flagged later & find your 4473 is denied.

Projecting? You betcha. That guy's view belongs in Hollyweird writing the pap that comes out of the mouths of TV doctors when they need to slip in some pontificating message to the people who still think CNN is a "thing."

Sorry if that's too subtle.
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He's a US Air Farce Alumnus. The only organization in the military where they'll give a 1st LT the keys to a $50M aircraft with a nuclear weapon on board but he/she has to have an AP escort to draw a .38 Special from the arms room so he/she will have something to defend themselves with if they get shot down.
That's too funny.

It's like something out of Duffelblog, but real.
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