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No More Generals Atop the Pentagon - WSJ op-ed by Mike Gallagher from a month ago [View all]
On Jan. 13, 2017, I voted to allow retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis to serve as secretary of defense. Like every Marine of my generation, I looked up to Gen. Mattis as the embodiment of the Marine Corps ethos. I still do. But I have come to believe that my vote was a mistake. Congress was wrong to exempt him from a legal prohibition on recently retired military officers serving as defense secretary. And Congress shouldn’t do the same for President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-more-generals-atop-the-pentagon-11608484385 (subscription)
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I suppose he was among the 78 who voted against waiving the seven-year cooling-off period for Austin. Nice try..
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