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Admiral William H. McRaven doing a great job on CNN explaining the bin Laden raid now (Original Post) NNN0LHI Jul 2012 OP
He just gave all of the credit to DURHAM D Jul 2012 #1
I'm guessing that the wolf's ass is a little puckered. russspeakeasy Jul 2012 #2
Anybody have the video? I'd like to see this. AtomicKitten Jul 2012 #3
Link: pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #6
Thank you very much. Cheers. AtomicKitten Jul 2012 #8
Oh yeah - he is giving the President lots of kudos. jillan Jul 2012 #4
That was delish malaise Jul 2012 #5
I loved it. Wolf kept trying to get the focus/credit OFF of Obama. n/t jenmito Jul 2012 #7
Adm. McRaven is AWESOME dballance Jul 2012 #9
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2012 #10
 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
8. Thank you very much. Cheers.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 04:36 PM
Jul 2012

from transcript --

"At the end of the day, make no mistake about it, it was the president of the United States that shouldered the burden of this operation, that made the hard decision."

-- snip

"The president of the United States is fantastic," the admiral said. "I'm not a political guy. I've worked in both [administrations,] very much enjoyed working with President Bush and I very much enjoy working for President Obama. This isn't about politics. This is about a Commander in Chief who I have the opportunity to engage with on a routine basis."

-- snip

"I'm not a political guy, but I’ll tell you as an interested observer of this, they were magnfiicent how they handled the start-to-finish," McRaven said. "The president asked all the right questions…The president gave me ample time to prepare once the conversations were through."

 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
9. Adm. McRaven is AWESOME
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 04:57 PM
Jul 2012

I love how he totally owned Wolf. He was like a well-seasoned pundit who out-pundeted Wolf. Absolutely comfortable in that hostile setting and no military stiff at all.

Give that man the fourth stripe (or fifth star) and make him Fleet Admiral.

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