Jeh Johnson is v. capable, has President’s confidence, & knows Pentagon. If nominated for Sec Def it obv'sly portends more WH control of DOD
@jacklgoldsmith What do you make of appropriateness of former GC going on to head DOD?
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@emptywheel Its a useful experience, unless u think (I don't) lawyer shldnt be running DOD.Cohen was lawyer; Rummy went to law school 18 mos -
@jacklgoldsmith But if it happened you could write a fascinating new Afterword to Terror Presidency, culmination of lawyers taking charge -
@emptywheel Wld b part of a long trend. EG: Hadley & Donilon at NSC; Johnson & Chertoff at DHS; Clinton as SecState; Haines as CIADepDir etc
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