Shorter Obama: Hagel was brought in to make peace. So I'm going to fire him now.http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/us/hagel-said-to-be-stepping-down-as-defense-chief-under-pressure.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=0 …
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@emptywheel i just don't get why it matters who the defense secretary is. he's just a figurehead, no? -
@onekade No, not entirely. Furthermore in this case Hagel was a symbol that must be eliminated. -
@emptywheel what has he actually done? if the joint chiefs are in charge of strategy…what's the role of secdef really about? -
@onekade I think it does depend on who it is--Gates was obviously much stronger.
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