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Pence, Ivanka, Kushner no-show as Mattis gets standing ovation at elite DC dinner
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/27/polit...lub/index.html Washington (CNN) — Former Defense Secretary James Mattis received a standing ovation Saturday at the annual black-tie Alfalfa Club dinner after delivering a speech in which he honored the troops and talked about the importance of the US' standing abroad, according to a source with knowledge of the event. For the third year running, President Donald Trump skipped the annual event -- but this year, so did the vice president as well as Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen as well as White House advisers Ivanka Trump and Kushner were all on the seating chart for the head table but didn't show at the event, attended by a who's who of prominent political and business leaders, according to the source. CNN has reached out to both the White House and Pence's office for comment. Mattis quit the administration in December and pointedly criticized the President in his resignation letter. The rest of the evening was lighter in tone, with former Secretary of State John Kerry delivering a speech replete with jokes about official Washington and himself. Kerry, the outgoing president of the club -- a mainstay of establishment Washington -- handed over his leadership role to newly minted Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney at the black tie event. "This is the only speech in Washington that hasn't been canceled by Nancy Pelosi," Kerry joked, according to CNN's source. The person said the dinner was attended by major business figures including Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, Tim Cook, Bill Gates and Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, which owns CNN parent company WarnerMedia. Political figures at the dinner included former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, James Baker, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell and Rex Tillerson. Aside from Mattis, Kerry and Romney, the list of speakers included Bezos as well as Chief Justice John Roberts and former Tennessee GOP Sen. Bill Frist. Among those at the head table currently in the Trump administration were Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. They sat alongside former administration officials Tillerson, Mattis and former White House chief of staff John Kelly -- all of whom were ousted by Trump in the past year. more at https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/27/polit...lub/index.html * |
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Pence, Ivanka, Kushner no-show as Mattis gets standing ovation at elite DC dinner
In article , Stormin' Norman says...
On 27 Jan 2019 15:38:50 -0800, Miloch wrote: more at https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/27/polit...lub/index.html Washington (CNN) — Former Defense Secretary James Mattis received a standing ovation Saturday at the annual black-tie Alfalfa Club dinner after delivering a speech in which he honored the troops and talked about the importance of the US' standing abroad, according to a source with knowledge of the event. Dishonest hypocrites are rarely comfortable in the presence of the righteous, honorable and competent. ....that plus they prolly wouldn't give ole 'Bonespurs' his favorite...cheeseburger & fries with a ****-ton o' ketchup plus a Diet Coke. * |
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Pence, Ivanka, Kushner no-show as Mattis gets standingovation at elite DC dinner
Miloch wrote:
In article , Stormin' Norman says... On 27 Jan 2019 15:38:50 -0800, Miloch wrote: more at https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/27/polit...lub/index.html Washington (CNN) — Former Defense Secretary James Mattis received a standing ovation Saturday at the annual black-tie Alfalfa Club dinner after delivering a speech in which he honored the troops and talked about the importance of the US' standing abroad, according to a source with knowledge of the event. Dishonest hypocrites are rarely comfortable in the presence of the righteous, honorable and competent. ...that plus they prolly wouldn't give ole 'Bonespurs' his favorite...cheeseburger & fries with a ****-ton o' ketchup plus a Diet Coke. Don't you mean "cheeseburder"? -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Pence, Ivanka, Kushner no-show as Mattis gets standingovation at elite DC dinner
Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 19:35:16 -0600, Savageduck wrote: Miloch wrote: In article , Stormin' Norman says... On 27 Jan 2019 15:38:50 -0800, Miloch wrote: more at https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/27/polit...lub/index.html Washington (CNN) — Former Defense Secretary James Mattis received a standing ovation Saturday at the annual black-tie Alfalfa Club dinner after delivering a speech in which he honored the troops and talked about the importance of the US' standing abroad, according to a source with knowledge of the event. Dishonest hypocrites are rarely comfortable in the presence of the righteous, honorable and competent. ...that plus they prolly wouldn't give ole 'Bonespurs' his favorite...cheeseburger & fries with a ****-ton o' ketchup plus a Diet Coke. Don't you mean "cheeseburder"? Only one? Just his usual order of one, or two wheelbarrow loads of cheeseburders, fries, several buckets of KFC, all the condiments, and a case (pallet), or two of Diet Coke. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Pence, Ivanka, Kushner no-show as Mattis gets standing ovation at elite DC dinner
Stormin' Norman wrote in
: On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:18:59 -0600, Savageduck wrote: Just his usual order of one, or two wheelbarrow loads of cheeseburders, fries, several buckets of KFC, all the condiments, and a case (pallet), or two of Diet Coke. No wonder he spends so much time on the head tweeting.... Just imagine what he would be like if he wasn't a teetottler. A drunk Trump would be out of control. |
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Pence, Ivanka, Kushner no-show as Mattis gets standing ovation at elite DC dinner
In article , Mitchell Holman
says... Stormin' Norman wrote in : On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:18:59 -0600, Savageduck wrote: Just his usual order of one, or two wheelbarrow loads of cheeseburders, fries, several buckets of KFC, all the condiments, and a case (pallet), or two of Diet Coke. No wonder he spends so much time on the head tweeting.... Just imagine what he would be like if he wasn't a teetottler. A drunk Trump would be out of control. The Grifter-in-Chief thinks that just by adding a metal fork to large order of fries on a Styrofoam plate it suddenly becomes a gourmet meal. * |
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