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An interesting letter to ponder

podrock — 8/9/2017 12:56:24 AM (archived)

From SECDEF Mattis, a few days ago:

https://news.usni.org/2017/08/04/document-secdef-mattis-pentagon-memo-ethics

Is this letter real? Is this unusual from the Secretary of Defense? What's between those lines?

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The whole thread (7 posts)

How convenient! - hank - 8/8/2017 9:21:13 PM
- An interesting letter to ponder - podrock - 8/9/2017 12:56:24 AM
  - The memo is addressed to DOD employees, not military personnel. - hank - 8/9/2017 4:17:54 AM
  - "Interesting" - Robert - 8/9/2017 2:21:16 AM
  - I don't really know what to make of that. - hank - 8/9/2017 1:03:50 AM
- You think its being Trumped up? - RL - 8/9/2017 12:03:50 AM
- ...The smoking gun could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.... - RL - 8/8/2017 11:26:35 PM

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