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haele

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4. About $10k - $15k per attendant

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:07 AM

Sep 30

A secure TEAMS call in a conference room would have cost around $100 per attendant for the resources and the hour of work wasted.
But being there ensured the officer isn't putting the important talking down to by the "SecWAR" in the background while doing something else, like, having the daily SITREP discussions on what to do about the latest Chinese, North Korean, or Iranian proxy movements, or other trivia like that...

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That Was It? That Was Worth Flying in Generals For? [View all] MineralMan Sep 30 OP

Greasy haired dry drunk w large christo-fascist tattoos lectures top brass about deportment and looks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 30 #1

What a waste. After all, Trump claimed to know more than his generals. surfered Sep 30 #2

Wouldn't it be something if they all turned in their resignations as they left? Did you ever see so many bald heads Srkdqltr Sep 30 #3

About $10k - $15k per attendant haele Sep 30 #4

That's a lot of money just for Hegseth to say "Y'all fat". 2MuchNoise Sep 30 #8

Yes it is. haele Sep 30 #12

TOO WOKE. That's about it. spanone Sep 30 #5

That is the meeting that we are hearing about johnnyfins Sep 30 #6

I don't think so. I think that was it. MineralMan Sep 30 #9

Fuck. Kegbreath is a waste..... lastlib Sep 30 #7

Yes, it was. Tetrachloride Sep 30 #10

Hey, this is why we gave the Pentagon a trillion dollar budget. sinkingfeeling Sep 30 #11

Major Hegseth lecturing the Brass pfitz59 Sep 30 #13

I don't know what they will do. MineralMan Sep 30 #14

Who fat? Commander in Cheese usonian Sep 30 #15

I think trump completely ruined Hegseth's day. Heg was getting too much attention and t couldn't have that. Just my opin SheilaAnn Sep 30 #16

That and the malware installed on everyone's phones! imaginary girl Sep 30 #17

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