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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRick Perry Added to NSC After Bannons Ouster
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/04/05/rick-perry-added-to-post-bannon-nsc.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl"SNIP.............
Following top White House strategist Steve Bannons Wednesday morning ouster from the National Security Council, the president has reportedly added Energy Secretary Rick Perry to fill the vacancy. Along with Perry, Trump added the director of national intelligence, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the director of the CIA, and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations as members of the newly renovated NSC lineup under National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster.
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Rick Perry Added to NSC After Bannons Ouster (Original Post)
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Apr 2017
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Barack_America
(28,876 posts)1. Can he even remember what the NSC is?
Botany
(70,483 posts)3. It is the National ah ah Security ah ah ah can you help me out on this one please?
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)5. He'd only
remember the FIRST TWO letters!
Botany
(70,483 posts)2. This is from the onion right?
Rick Perry couldn't pour piss out of boot.
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)4. Now THAT is special!
A group of people discussing national security and intelligence, with HIM sitting there!
Hope he has special, new "SMART" glasses to go with the job!
Buns_of_Fire
(17,173 posts)8. My advice: Just shut up and nod, Rick.
Try not to snore, and avoid saying "nuclear" at all costs.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)7. What could go wrong?
An intellectual simpleton incapable of original thought.
Stallion
(6,474 posts)9. Perry: There are 3 components to the Nuclear Triad...
1) land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs),
2) submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and
3) umm-the third one is-hmm-I forgot
Never mind-There are 2 components to the Nuclear Duo