Don Bacon is a retired Brigadier General of the Air Force. I have noticed that flag officers often seem to assume, and act on that assumption, that the rules that govern the rest of us do not effect them. I am glad that under Trump they are getting “Welcome to the real world, pal!” treatment.
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Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Hey, Don Bacon, he’s Secretary of War.
Tell that to George Marshall.
The sentence should have ended with “a legal right to conduct mass firings.”
Seems to me that Leon Panetta and BO ejected a mess of flag-rank officers who had been willing and able to fight for our personnel in Benghazi. What did this man have to say about that?
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Looking at Gen. Milley and the scandals at West Point, we have reason to believe there are quite a few flag-rank officers who do not belong in their positions. Kurt Schlichter suggested a few years back that the thing to do would be to fire all of them and ask a few back.
Reminds me of God’s reported response to a question by Catherine of Siena. In this case, “Because, General. I am SecDef and you are not”.
Since Don Bacon will be receiving pay without downsizing, why can’t he work for free?
One season in Congress and the congressman receives pay for life. Great to vote yourself a raise.