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Level 2
You'll be waiting a long time for this answer
These people like to have their thinking done for them
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Level 1
Replacing a four star general with a National Guard major and you have to be reminded?
Hilarious
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Level 2
LOL. A general can't be secretary of defense which is a civilian position. It's US government 101.
In fact the qualifition of secretary of Defense has nothing to do with one's military service. Dr Harold Brown under Jimmy Carter is an established physicist and professor, never served in military. James Schlesinger under Nixon, economist, never served in military. Warmonger Dick Cheney under H Bush, dodged the draft, never in military... it's all because secretary of defense is a civilian position. Its unusual for a general such as Austin to become secretary of defense. You have to apply for waiver to be eligible for that position.
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Level 3
We're talking about qualifications and experience
You people pretending that he meets any standard for this position is laughable at best. The fact that you thought you needed to explain that it's a civilian position makes me lose hope in your logic and reasoning.
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Level 4
You tried to compare military experiences between them which is irrelevant to this job. Again Harold
Brown is a nerd, has zero military experience. So what? He still became secretary of defense.
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Level 5
Military experience for the role of Defense Secretary is irrelevant?
Surely you jest. Yes, you can put someone in the position with no experience but to say that military service is irrelevant when judging qualifications is disingenuous at best. Why would Trump choose Mattis? It absolutely matters whether you wish to believe it or not. Hegseth is a terrible choice.
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Level 6
It's a civilian position! Tell me what military experience William Cohen had qualify him to be
Clinton's secretary of defense? You can't. Because he zero military experience. How many examples you need me to point out in order to convince you .military experience is irrelevant? Actually it is democrat presidents who tend to appoint people without military experiences to be secretary of defense.
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Level 7
Yes, it's a civilian position, you keep stating this blatantly obvious fact as if it has bearing.
Who were Trump's appointees? Your entire argument is centered around you trying to justify the pick rather than accept reality. Stating that military experience is irrelevant is absolutely false. You clearly haven't compared the resumes of the the most recent appointees to this position. Even if we set aside that experience, there is nothing in Hegseth's background that would suggest he is as qualified for this position.
Edit: William Cohen's qualifications, since you asked: He served on both the Senate Armed Services and Governmental Affairs Committees from 1979 to 1997 and was a member of the Senate Committee on Intelligence, 1983-91 and 1995-97. He participated in the drafting of several important laws related to defense matters, including the Competition in Contracting Act (1984), the GI Bill (1984), the Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act (1986), the Intelligence Oversight Reform Act (1991), and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act (1996).
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Level 8
My whole point is military experience, i.e. serving in military or not, being a general or not, is
Irrelevant to this position. I disagreed with you only on that point. I have no comments on other reasons you think disqualified Hegseth.
My response to the subject of this thread is clear: It is the job of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's DOGE to solve this bureaucratic issue for DOD. See my first post.
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Level 2
Cry more. My cup isn’t close to being filled with Liberal tears.
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Level 4
Fill it up. I’m really thirsty. The next 4 years are gonna be awesome.
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Level 1
So the Pentagon has been run financially just like Harris' campaign. What a surprise!
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Level 2
I just want to see someone in Washington held accountable to something. I have never
Seen so many people fail at their jobs and either hold onto them or get promoted. Very curious to see what the DOGE finds when they get to work. I’m sure there will be plenty of hurdles thrown in front of them. The swamp is deep and is well protected. To quote William J. Le Petomane - “we need to protect our phony baloney jobs”.
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Level 3
Biden was a total fraud, never fired anyone
and got rich via foreign countries worst POTUS ever
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