Peter1469
12-05-2014, 06:06 PM
Here is a long article (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/04/ash-carter-vs-barack-obamas-yogi-berra-foreign-policy-secretary-of-defense/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=%2ASituation%20Report&utm_campaign=Sit%25)on the Sec Def nominee Ashton Carter.
The first part covers his background and qualifications. The second part discusses the challenges that he will face.
Carter is a worthy successor to this line. He is brilliant, dedicated, energetic, and creative, which he has demonstrated in his prior stints in Bill Clinton’s and Obama’s Defense departments. He is also tough and will offer without hesitation his views in an administration that would benefit from his realism. He also brings a much-needed resilience to the job. That is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that for Carter, getting this job proves the sixth time’s the charm. (Having joined the Obama administration at the outset as deputy secretary of defense and thus in the on-deck circle for the top job, he had to endure being passed over for it when the White House successively chose, made offers to, or at least seriously considered five other people: Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel, and, in this most recent job search, Michèle Flournoy, Jack Reed, and Jeh Johnson.)
The first part covers his background and qualifications. The second part discusses the challenges that he will face.
Carter is a worthy successor to this line. He is brilliant, dedicated, energetic, and creative, which he has demonstrated in his prior stints in Bill Clinton’s and Obama’s Defense departments. He is also tough and will offer without hesitation his views in an administration that would benefit from his realism. He also brings a much-needed resilience to the job. That is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that for Carter, getting this job proves the sixth time’s the charm. (Having joined the Obama administration at the outset as deputy secretary of defense and thus in the on-deck circle for the top job, he had to endure being passed over for it when the White House successively chose, made offers to, or at least seriously considered five other people: Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel, and, in this most recent job search, Michèle Flournoy, Jack Reed, and Jeh Johnson.)