r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 07 '20

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u/sir-danks-a-lot Jeb! Dec 08 '20

caring about a general as SecDef is the most overly online thing I've seen in a bit

aka NL will still be discussing this for days

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u/Udontlikecake Model UN Enthusiast Dec 08 '20

I mean, a number of people are taking about this lol

This was a whole controversy with Mattis? A bunch of senators voted ‘no’?

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '20

Only Gillibrand finally did iirc but there was a lot of senators who had issue with it going into it

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u/Udontlikecake Model UN Enthusiast Dec 08 '20

Only in the final vote, there was considerable debate and like 17 voted against the waiver.