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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis wants to tap the former U.S. ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson, as his undersecretary of defense for policy, but the Pentagon chief is running into resistance from White House officials, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
If nominated and confirmed, Patterson would hold the fourth most powerful position at the Pentagon and would effectively be the top civilian in the Defense Department, since both Mattis and his deputy, Robert Work, were military officers.
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The skirmish surrounding Pattersons nomination is the latest in a series of personnel battles that have played out between Mattis and the White House, with each side rejecting the names offered up by the other while the Pentagon remains empty. The White House has yet to nominate a single undersecretary or deputy secretary to the Defense Department, while Work, Mattiss deputy, is an Obama administration holdover who only agreed to stay on until the secretary taps a deputy of his own.
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But it is Mattis whos dug in most stubbornly, insisting on staffing his own department. Mattis is a guy who cares very much about personnel, said a Mattis friend. He doesnt want people off the tracks that he has laid down and that hes running his train on.
Patterson, a career diplomat, has never held a Defense Department position. She previously served as ambassador to Colombia and Pakistan. President Barack Obama nominated her to be the assistant secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, the post from which she retired last month.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/jim-mattis-appointment-white-house-pushback-anne-patterson-235633
madaboutharry
(40,138 posts)Trump wants to run things like he ran things from Trump tower. The run-in with Betsy Devos and the transgendered bathroom order was an early sign of his "my way or the highway" management style.
This thing with Mattis sounds like he may already be fed up with Trump.
Trump doesn't know how to let people do their jobs.
iluvtennis
(19,716 posts)Skittles
(152,918 posts)Trump fucking SUCKS and I think something is wrong with ANYONE who would agree to work for him
Cha
(295,543 posts)I would think it would be enough that she was in Pres Obama's Admin to disqualify her for trump