A national security expert predicts that outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s successor will take on a “lousy” job.
{mosads}”It’s going to be a lousy job. First of all, the White House sets policy, sets budget levels — sublimates it to their domestic agenda — and does the same thing when it comes to war fighting policy so I have sympathy for anybody who takes that job,” American Enterprise Institute resident fellow Tom Donnelly tells The Hill.
Take a look at Donnelly’s predictions for possible Defense secretary nominees and the confirmation outlook in a GOP-controlled Senate.