Potential Hillary Clinton Pentagon chief calls for increased action against Isis

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Potential Hillary Clinton Pentagon chief calls for increased action against Isis

Michèle Flournoy, head of Center for a New American Security
thinktank, announces agenda that some might consider a job
application

David Smith in Washington
Tuesday 17 May 2016 18.13 BST

A security specialist tipped as the potential defence secretary in a Hillary Clinton administration has set out an agenda that confidently asserts American leadership in the world, backed by strong military force.

Michèle Flournoy, cofounder and chief executive of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) thinktank, launched a report on Monday that some in Washington might be tempted to mischievously characterise as an 18-page job application.

Asked if she would be interested in a cabinet position should Clinton win the presidency in November, Flournoy did little to play down the notion, smiling as she said: “I don’t speculate. I am very happy at the CNAS in its 10th anniversary year.”

Flournoy was undersecretary of defence for policy from 2009 to 2012, making her one of the highest-ranking women in the history of the Pentagon. She was previously a defence policy adviser to Clinton during the 2008 presidential campaign and is said to remain close to the former secretary of state.

The 55-year-old told the Guardian on Monday: “I don’t want to speak for her, but what I will say is I think the policies she’s already articulated in a series of speeches and in her record as secretary of state suggest that she understands the importance of American leadership in the world, that she is in the bipartisan consensus that has supported a smart approach to US engagement as the best way to protect our interests and also underwrite the global order.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/17/michele-flournoy-hillary-clinton-possible-pentagon-chief-isis

[VulgarPoet]

1. With a force smaller than it's been in years,

with morale issues out the ass, fraud, waste, and abuse running rampant, nowhere near enough NCOs and too damn many Generals, and outdated equipment? Hah. Sure. Hillary's gonna be shaping up to be just like Bill's presidency where the military's concerned.

[JRLeft]

2. She has the support of David Petraeus too.

[JackRiddler]

4. Makes sense, does it not?

[JRLeft]

6. Neocons support neocons.

[VulgarPoet]

7. Oh yes, disgraced General Betrayedus.

Isn't it kinda funny that Clintonistas support what Clinton and Petraeus did...

...but maintain that Manning and Snowden should hang? Seems like the only time they want someone in prison is when something's leaked that shows flagrant American wrongdoing.

[JRLeft]

8. Team Democrat is number one. No matter if the Democrats are wrong they are right.

Why because democrats made the decision.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Yay!! More War!! More American Exceptionalism!!

"Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche

[JackRiddler]

5. Headline forgot the punctuation: "ISIS" in quotes.

Formerly known as "The Global War on Terror."