No More Generals Atop the Pentagon - WSJ op-ed by Mike Gallagher from a month ago

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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..

[bullimiami]

1. "Uh I did it for Trump but now its a Democrat so" ....

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2. Just curious, who better knows defense than a retired general or admiral...

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who is now a civilian?

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3. Boyo, he really downplays the fact that he spent most of his time

going to College for politics. Like 15 years, as opposed to less than half that time in the military. I'm sure he's very well connected politically.

He's clearly locked and loaded for something since he scurried out and got him a wife and a super fast baby after years of showing no interest at all in any of that. Lots of gossip.

[SmartVoter22]

4. Backtracking Gallagher, not so fast...

This guy is a Tea Party fanatic. Rep. Gallagher's voting record, even after the facts are known, he was the most Trump supportive of all wisc's GOP Congressional cabal. 93% votes with Trump.

Gallagher is no foreign policy expert, his prior job was with some fly-by-night energy/oil company. He was in college most of his Marine career, and interned with some right winger from the Pentagon. Ne he's running for cover.
Sorry, your are video on local tv news, you can scrub your press releases from websites, but the House clerk keeps copies and those can be found online.

He voted against everything rational and for the insane; Trump's wall, Muslim ban, locking up kids at border, and, in 6 years, has one bill that he wrote that passed to become law. Rename a post office.