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In reply to the discussion: Why Hagel over someone like General Wes Clark [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)10. The next Secretary of Defense has only one function
To navigate the greatest possible cuts in the Defense Budget possible through the Defense bureacracy and through entrenched interests in Congress.
I would take Liz Cheney if it would mean the greatest cuts.
Wesley Clark will not be as effective as Chuck Hagel who will be more effective in taking on the entrenched interests in Congress.
Another time other priorities.
This is a golden time to take out 20-30% of the defense/intelligence budget and anyone who thinks it can be done with ease doesn't understand the tide of interests that will have to be fought. We will need Republican deficit hawks to help, and that is the reality.
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because Obama is closer to Hagel than Clark , Clark would be in consideration when Hillary is
JI7
Dec 2012
#1
Hillary would not consider Clark. She is miles apart from him on Foreign Policy. She supported the
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#5
I doubt it. A lot of people have been loyal to the Clintons and have not always had the favor
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#11
Thanks. I think that war flew under the radar of many Democrats, another sign that if it's our team
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#39
I do care about the continuation of President Obama, and winning in 2016
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#28
Did he support Bush's wars? I don't remember him speaking out against them. We elected Democrats
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#7
Thank you. I do remember him as one of the few Republicans who spoke out against the Bush
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#41
So basically he supported the illegal invasion, but didn't support the strategy after he saw how it
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#20
Yes he got one of the biggest decisions Politicians had to make at that time, wrong as did all those
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#21
I blame a lot of it on the general misconception that a lot of Americans have about war
Victor_c3
Dec 2012
#26
please do NOT use we. and I am not part of the WE here. Hillary45 to continue Obama's policies
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#29
Don't include me on any team that thinks we need to go around the world killing people. We need a
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#35
Eliz. Warren herself said nothing off the table in Iran, so not quite sure what you are getting at
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#38
Did Iraqis kill those people on 9/11 or Afghans, most of whom had never heard of 9/11 according to
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#42
An interesting take that I had not considered....Makes me feel a bit better about the possibility of
Rowdyboy
Dec 2012
#14
Hmmm. Not much of a record to recommend him for a cabinet post. Colin Powell is retired.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#43