Obama to nominate first openly gay service secretary to lead the Army

[Pete]

Obama to nominate first openly gay service secretary to lead the Army

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...679_story.html

"President Obama, in a historic first for the Pentagon, has chosen to nominate Eric Fanning to lead the Army, a move that would make him the first openly gay civilian secretary of one of the military services.

Fanning’s nomination is the latest in a series of actions taken by the administration to advance the rights of gays and lesbians throughout the federal government. The Obama administration has overhauled internal policies to provide benefits to same-sex partners, appointed gay men and lesbians to the executive branch and the federal bench and ended the 18-year ban on gays serving openly in the military..."

Let me guess. He's going to have an agenda - and not one about war fighting.

[rab97]

Yep...apparently our national defense is a joke to this administration. Obama is going scorched earth in the final year of his reign of terror!

[Old Dog New Trick]

There is no agenda, like it or leave it...they don't care.

ETA: Selective Service now (wait NOW) for all military aged citizens.

[blacksmoke]

It's probably actually because the guy is the best candidate for the job. He doesn't look kinda young or anything
I don't like bashing the president, or the office, but Damn am I proud I didn't vote for that guy...

[Richard]

Fanning has been an upper-echelons DOD fixture for a long time. He was DepUnderSec Navy, Acting Sec AF, the SecDef's COS and considered one of his closest advisors, and this current move was foreseen when he became the Acting UnderSec Army in July and SecArmy McHugh announced he would be leaving in November.

http://www.armytimes.com/story/milit...army/29770689/

Richard

[blacksmoke]

I stand corrected. I should of googled the guy before I made the comment. Otoh the very fact that we're hearing about this guys orientation speaks to the climate of anti-judeo/christian direction this country is headed in.

[JGC2]

Originally Posted by Richard

Fanning has been an upper-echelons DOD fixture for a long time. He was DepUnderSec Navy, Acting Sec AF, the SecDef's COS and considered one of his closest advisors, and this current move was foreseen when he became the Acting UnderSec Army in July and SecArmy McHugh announced he would be leaving in November.

http://www.armytimes.com/story/milit...army/29770689/

Richard

Just because this career bureaucrat has been on the KD path to Secretary of the Army for the last 6 years and 243 days doesn't negate the concerns people have over his nomination. The Congressman who took over for him as Acting Undersecretary was a decorated Army veteran with OIF combat experience who seems to hold similar FP opinions to this administration. It seems most civilian leaders of our Armed Forces these days have concerns other than warfighting capability, as evidenced by Mabus' current outspoken agenda with the Navy.

We should give this man a chance to prove himself before denouncing the nomination, but I cannot argue with the skepticism coming from my peers right now.

[BrokenSwitch]

Originally Posted by Old Dog New Trick

Selective Service now (wait NOW) for all military aged citizens.

I'm looking forward to this being implemented, since the latest in policy and policymakers not only makes it increasingly difficult to distinguish between genders, but is making up new ones to boot.