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==Obama administration==

==Obama administration==

Barack Obama went through an unprecedented 4 Secretaries of Defense in 8 years,<ref>https://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/11/26/is-white-house-micromanagement-scaring-off-likely-defense-secretaries/</ref> and all came away with similar complaints of their advice being ignored and a lack of professionalism and discipline by the White House National Security staff. The Obama years saw major global upheavals in the standards of conduct of a great power, and the return and acceptance of slavery,<ref>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/georgetown-professor-defends-islam-slavery/comment-page-1/</ref> kidnappings,<ref>http://www.news.va/en/news/africanigeria-christian-girls-kidnapped-and-islami</ref> and beheadings to enforce [[shariah]] law.<ref>https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2015/257517.htm</ref> Major civil wars instigated by Obama's NSC staff created massive humanitarian refugee,<ref>http://inthesetimes.com/article/18592/new-clinton-emails-expose-collaboration-with-media-on-benghazi-coverag1</ref> migrant, demographic shifts, and cultural clashes globally.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/09/09/national-insecurity/</ref>

Barack Obama went through an unprecedented 4 Secretaries of Defense in 8 years,<ref>https://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/11/26/is-white-house-micromanagement-scaring-off-likely-defense-secretaries/</ref> and all came away with similar complaints of their advice being ignored and a lack of professionalism and discipline by the White House National Security staff. The Obama years saw major global upheavals in the standards of conduct of a great power, and the return and acceptance of slavery,<ref>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/georgetown-professor-defends-islam-slavery/comment-page-1/</ref> kidnappings,<ref>http://www.news.va/en/news/africanigeria-christian-girls-kidnapped-and-islami</ref> and beheadings to enforce [[shariah]] law.<ref>https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2015/257517.htm</ref> Major civil wars instigated by Obama's NSC staff created massive humanitarian refugee,<ref>http://inthesetimes.com/article/18592/new-clinton-emails-expose-collaboration-with-media-on-benghazi-coverag1</ref> migrant, demographic shifts, and cultural clashes globally.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/09/09/national-insecurity/</ref>

It also saw the institution of a presidential "kill list" for persons – including US citizens – deemed Obama's enemies by a surreptitious process that likely violates US constitutional law<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005</ref> and most assuredly violates international law.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/07/obamas-new-executive-order-on-drones-means-the-u-s-may-still-violate-international-law/</ref> Having disposed of international agreements, the [[Russia]]n government and others felt obliged to do the same.<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/putin-rt-interview-full-577/</ref>

It also saw the institution of a presidential "kill list" for persons – including US citizens – deemed Obama's enemies by a surreptitious process that likely violates US constitutional law<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005</ref> and most assuredly violates international law.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/07/obamas-new-executive-order-on-drones-means-the-u-s-may-still-violate-international-law/</ref> Having disposed of international agreements, the [[Russia]]n government and others felt obliged to do the same.<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/putin-rt-interview-full-577/</ref>

Def. Sec. [[Robert Gates]] told [[NPR]]:<ref>http://www.npr.org/2014/01/11/261711869/transcript-former-defense-secretary-robert-gates-interview-with-npr</ref>

Def. Sec. [[Robert Gates]] told [[NPR]]:<ref>https://www.npr.org/2014/01/11/261711869/transcript-former-defense-secretary-robert-gates-interview-with-npr</ref>

{{Quotebox|I worked in the White House on the National Security Council staff and as deputy national security adviser for nearly nine years under four presidents. And I had certain ideas about how the national security staff and how the White House staff ought to comport themselves in discussions on national security and military issues. And let's just say that the way it worked in the Obama White House was not anything like I had seen before.<br>

{{Quotebox|I worked in the White House on the National Security Council staff and as deputy national security adviser for nearly nine years under four presidents. And I had certain ideas about how the national security staff and how the White House staff ought to comport themselves in discussions on national security and military issues. And let's just say that the way it worked in the Obama White House was not anything like I had seen before.<br>