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EXCLUSIVE Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin
Laden has a message for critics of Trump's
Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth

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Posted By: JoElla Bee, 11/16/2024 12:12:50 PM

Donald Trump's pick of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense will no doubt shake up the Pentagon say troops.[Snip] But current and former service members tell DailyMail.com that a shake-up at the top of the Pentagon totem pole is necessary. Robert O'Neill, the former Navy SEAL who killed terrorist Osama bin Laden in 2011, told DailyMail.com that Hegseth is a 'fantastic choice.'[Snip] Other service members share the same view that Hegseth will bring a new perspective to the agency.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Venturer 11/16/2024 12:23:22 PM (No. 1836253)
The real troops know who they need.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: itsonlyme 11/16/2024 12:23:52 PM (No. 1836254)
Pete Hegseth will replace Lloyd "EEOC Woke Token" Austin
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Reply 3 - Posted by: 3XALADY 11/16/2024 1:04:14 PM (No. 1836288)
I heard a vicious rumor that Austin wears pink panties.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: chumley 11/16/2024 1:37:32 PM (No. 1836319)
WHICH one who killed Bin Laden? For a while there were three or four making that claim.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: marlon 11/16/2024 2:21:36 PM (No. 1836358)
I'm pretty sure Fauxcahontis Warren know better than a Nave seal who is and is not qualified to be SecDef, Afterall he brothers were in the service.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DVC 11/16/2024 5:19:49 PM (No. 1836449)
I've spent a few days time and a few dinners with a SEAL member who was on that raid. O'Neill's story, while not at all false isn't the whole story about how it went down, and he isn't much respected by other SEAL DevGru (SEAL team six) folks for what he did. I got a bit of inside info, but even the guy I was talking too didn't want to give a lot of personal details, more broad outlines. In any case.....I agree with O'Neill on this topic, and no matter what he did that night, the fact that he ever got to and rolled with SEAL Team Six is a great testament to skill and commitment.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: JoElla Bee 11/16/2024 6:20:55 PM (No. 1836481)
Thank you for the insight, #6. I remember reading similar negative comments back when the Osama bin Laden event happened. I, too, agree with him about the Hegseth appointment. I was happy to read favorable comments from a number of current and retired military personnel in the article as well. One commented that he particularly likes the fact that Hegseth is not a part of the bureaucracy, and hopes to see some reduction in it because of the difficulties it presents in his daily life. I would imagine that is something that is looked forward to across the spectrum of Trump’s appointments.
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