Posted on Mar 29, 2019

Is Trump risking national security by failing to appoint a permanent SECDEF?

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In the 70 years before 2019, the Department of Defense had never gone more than two months without a permanent leader. Now, President Donald Trump’s administration is poised to double that wait.

The post formerly filled by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has been open since Jan. 1, a leadership void that has drawn increasing concern among lawmakers.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., has pressed the Trump administration repeatedly for quicker action on the vacancy, and he was among lawmakers of both parties who expressed frustration this week that no solution appears to be in sight.

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CPT Jack Durish

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I agree that the position should be filled as quickly as possible, but it seems that filling it with the correct person may be more important. At first blush I believed that Mattis was the perfect choice. Sadly, he wasn't as he clearly demonstrated. Although he functioned well as SecDef he too often wandered off the tracks into areas that were not his purview. Of course, after the President makes his selection, we'll see how long Congress takes to make a circus out of the confirmation process

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Capt Gregory Prickett - Still leading with personal insults I see. I had hoped that we could be more respectful. I was trying and I thought you were too. How sad for you...

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Capt Gregory Prickett - CPT Jack Durish if ‘drunk the koolaid’ is a ‘personal insult’ and ‘how sad’, how on earth is our President anything other than a sad sad man who hurls insults?

Fake indignation is a weak response. Always.

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