Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Secretary of Defense Kerry?



by Rick Moran


Actually, as a Senator who voted against every major weapons system over the last 25 years, he'd be perfect for overseeing our military, don't you think?
Washington Post:
President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include a permanent replacement for former CIA director David H. Petraeus.
Although Kerry is thought to covet the job of secretary of state, senior administration officials familiar with the transition planning said that nomination will almost certainly go to Susan E. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
John O. Brennan, Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser, is a leading contender for the CIA job if he wants it, officials said. If Brennan goes ahead with his plan to leave government, Michael J. Morell, the agency's acting director, is the prohibitive favorite to take over permanently. Officials cautioned that the White House discussions are still in the early stages and that no decisions have been made.
Petraeus's resignation last week after revelations of an extramarital affair has complicated what was already an intricate puzzle to reassemble the administration's national security and diplomatic pieces for Obama's second term.
The process has become further complicated by congressional ire at not being told that Petraeus was under FBI investigation, on top of what are likely to be contentious closed-door hearings this week on the administration's actions surrounding the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
How perfect is this? A defense secretary who never met a weapons system he didn't hate, and a Secretary of State who thinks the UN should run American foreign policy.
We're in good hands with Obama.

Rick Moran

Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/11/secretary_of_defense_kerry.html

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