Posted on Apr 25, 2016
Obama Just Named Navy Warship Something That Infuriated Many - A Big Slap In The Face To Military...
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Obama naming a ship after a politician who never served in the military.
Obama Just Named Navy Warship Something That Infuriated Many - A Big Slap In The Face To Military...
Posted from westernjournalism.com
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Barack Obama
Posted 8 y ago
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The decision on the name of the ship, as the article makes clear, never reached the president's desk.
It is a stupid damn practice to skip over heroes for politicians, that is for damn sure.
Walt
It is a stupid damn practice to skip over heroes for politicians, that is for damn sure.
Walt
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The naming of Navy ships is the province of the SecNav, not the president. Naming went the way of the Dodo bird.
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Such outrage! Of course, republican presidents have done the same thing. Here's an interesting list of ship naming controversies.
https://news.usni.org/2013/04/23/twenty-six-us-navy-ship-naming-controversies
https://news.usni.org/2013/04/23/twenty-six-us-navy-ship-naming-controversies
Twenty Six US Navy Ship Naming Controversies - USNI News
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the U.S. Navy had no formal procedure for naming ships. It wasn’t until 1819 that Congress passed an act stating “all of the ships, of the Navy of the United States, now building, or hereafter to be built, shall be named by the Secretary of the Navy.” …
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