Intriguing Tidbit: Jill Kelley's family emigrated to US from Lebanon in the 1970s...

[reformist2]

"[Jill] Kelley, who grew up in Philadelphia, is of Lebanese descent. Her family, Maronite Catholics, immigrated from Jounieh, Lebanon, in the mid-1970s, according to a 1988 article about her family's restaurant, Sahara, in The Philadelphia Inquirer. She has a twin sister, Natalie, the article said."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/11/petraeus-jill-kelley-scandal/1698203/

[mr_hat]

1. Twins always make a story weirder. n/t

[lalalu]

2. True

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3. Reagan privatized many duties in the military.

Congress went along and over the years they kicked many qualified people out of the military, closed bases here, and outsourced many functions.

The result was privatizing and a hike in military costs, the cheap sale of bases to private developers who turned them into expensive gated communities, and a big drop in security standards.

During the nineties many people complained and were ignored. The access given to civilians and private workers without security clearance is astounding. I notice there were complaints made about Broadwell and her access and as usual they were ignored.

The Defense and State Department need to be completely overhauled.