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BumRushDaShow

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8. Oh geez he goes back a long time
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 09:42 AM
14 hrs ago

He was in Congress for years (starting under Carter) before joining the Clinton Administration for multiple roles, and then coming back under Obama.

His name would always keep bubbling up over and over all those many decades!

I remember Baker was a Chief of Staff, Treasury Secretary, and then Secretary of State. Meanwhile Panetta was a Congressman, OMB Director, Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense, and finally head of the CIA. Talk about a classic "government issue" guys!

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To Trump, if it's how HE imagines something should happen, no_hypocrisy 15 hrs ago #1
Isn't this what the right wants? gab13by13 15 hrs ago #2
"He's deliberately delusional about how things can happen." tanyev 15 hrs ago #3
I saw Leon Panetta interviewed live in Bethlehem PA at Lehigh University last year. NNadir 15 hrs ago #4
Panetta was the Swiss army knife of government employees BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #5
I like that locution, "swiss army knife." I didn't realize his age. NNadir 15 hrs ago #6
Oh geez he goes back a long time BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #8
James Baker III. Isn't he the one who defended Saudi Arabia against the 911 travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #10
My reference to him BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago #14
'Nobody else is responsible' well one person who is not here right now is responsible. Botany 14 hrs ago #7
THIS IS A FUCKING LIE!!! 'Nobody else is responsible': BComplex 13 hrs ago #9
Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society are cancers on America Botany 13 hrs ago #11
Trump and the GOP Congress and other GOP enablers are responsible. travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #12
Exactly! And you can tell how brainwashed we all are by 10 YEARS of the media BComplex 13 hrs ago #15
My take on this Dyedinthewoolliberal 13 hrs ago #13
Trumpublicans (and turncoat Dems) who voted against the War Powers bill in the House and Senate own it 100% too. pat_k 11 hrs ago #16
Ya sure.. the Repuglicans in congress couldn't do anything could they mdbl 10 hrs ago #17
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