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2014-11-26 Government

Michele Flournoy falls off of SECDEF short list.

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-11-26 07:48|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Run away! Keep running!

Posted by Raj 2014-11-26 11:53|| 2014-11-26 11:53|| Front Page Top

#2 no desire to face a grueling congressional confirmation process,

Not to mention the daily pain of having your job micro-managed by Rice and ValJar. After the Gates and Panetta tell-alls and Hagel publicly getting the boot, this is going to be a hard spot to fill with anyone possessing at least a shred of competence and integrity. Hey, maybe Jay Carney would be up to the task.

Posted by SteveS 2014-11-26 12:00|| 2014-11-26 12:00|| Front Page Top

#3 She's also been on the board of a Democratic think tank, the Center for a New American Security, which trains young Democrats (well, train is such a relative word).

I'm just speculating here but I wonder if she sees life as a thinker at the CNAS to be preferable to the hassles of actually implementing her great thoughts as SecDef.

Posted by Steve White 2014-11-26 12:50|| 2014-11-26 12:50|| Front Page Top

#4 She received an MLitt. in international relations in 1983 from Oxford University, where she was a Newton-Tatum scholar at Balliol College..

Students attending English Universities may apply for an MLitt in the first instance; for others who have completed two years of a Doctorate (such as a PhD or DPhil) and who do not wish to, or cannot, continue with the final year(s), there is the option to write up their completed research so far and graduate with an MLitt (R) degree.

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-11-26 13:58|| 2014-11-26 13:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Put Hillary in the position......

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-11-26 14:09|| 2014-11-26 14:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't put anyone in the position and let Susan Rice and ValJar micromanage, because that is what they will do anywan. O can do indoor golfing. Nothing changes. No scapegoats, let O & Co live with the consequences of their actions.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2014-11-26 15:28|| 2014-11-26 15:28|| Front Page Top

#7 She stated she want to be SecDef, just in a Hillary Clinton administration.

Posted by Pappy 2014-11-26 20:21|| 2014-11-26 20:21|| Front Page Top

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