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Who Should Be the Next SecDef? (And Why?)
The floor is open for nominations. As the original poster, I will get my digs in first: I nominate US Navy Admiral (ret.) Michael S. Rogers.
As the head of the NSA during the FISA/DOJ scandals, he was apparently the only one in that sorry affair with the integrity to blow the whistle on the blatant politicization of our intelligence and law enforcement communities and disregard of the FISA laws and procedures.
If he doesn’t know where the bodies are buried, and who’s an actual ally or not, who does?
His other recent post was as commander of the US Cyber Command, which is as likely to be a theater of war as meatspace. He is also less likely to have a geopolitical axe to grind than some whose last major command was in a specific area.
One can hope that Trump respects him due to the first item above. I don’t have any idea whether his notions of current strategy and procurement necessities jibe with Trump’s.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Kellogg
I think LTG (Ret.) Kellogg is one of the few people who I wouldn’t mind seeing in the position who would have a chance. Like others, I wouldn’t like to see anyone from Congress. Kellogg has been part of the Trump team in various capacities for close to three years. The way things went down when Bolton became NSA leads me to believe they get along. I don’t think he’d be a total “yes man” but seems to fit in nicely with President Trump and his Administration.
I don’t think it’s impossible to see GEN (Ret.) Keane get tapped for SECDEF even after his comments on Syria and not wanting the position.