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12-02-2014, 10:00 AM
Last week, United States Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced his resignation, which will become effective as soon as a replacement is found.
As previously reported, Hagel was asked to step down by officials within the Obama administration “after he made comments in August that contradicted the President’s messaging” on the current conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The Huffington Post reported that the “job conditions” for President Obama’s next defense secretary “have already spurred some top contenders to bow out, leaving the White House with a slim list of candidates.”
On Monday, former Texas Congressman Ron Paul released an edition of his Texas Straight Talk, in which he discussed the current situation of the search for Obama’s fourth Secretary of Defense.
Paul said that although Hagel was forced out of office after complaining that the Obama administration had “no coherent policy toward Syria,” he had a point, due to the fact that while the administration is “claiming recent U.S. bombing in Syria is designed to degrade and destroy ISIS,” many members “continue pushing for ‘regime change’ against Syrian president Assad – who is also fighting ISIS.”
Paul pointed out that due to complaints from former Defense Secretaries about the president’s National Security Council staff micro-managing the Pentagon, it appeared no one wanted to take on the job.
“It seems nobody wants to be Secretary of Defense in the Obama administration,” said Paul. “The president’s first two Defense Secretaries, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta, both complained bitterly this month about their time in the administration.”
Source: http://benswann.com/ron-paul-nobody-wants-to-be-secretary-of-defense-in-the-obama-administration/
As previously reported, Hagel was asked to step down by officials within the Obama administration “after he made comments in August that contradicted the President’s messaging” on the current conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The Huffington Post reported that the “job conditions” for President Obama’s next defense secretary “have already spurred some top contenders to bow out, leaving the White House with a slim list of candidates.”
On Monday, former Texas Congressman Ron Paul released an edition of his Texas Straight Talk, in which he discussed the current situation of the search for Obama’s fourth Secretary of Defense.
Paul said that although Hagel was forced out of office after complaining that the Obama administration had “no coherent policy toward Syria,” he had a point, due to the fact that while the administration is “claiming recent U.S. bombing in Syria is designed to degrade and destroy ISIS,” many members “continue pushing for ‘regime change’ against Syrian president Assad – who is also fighting ISIS.”
Paul pointed out that due to complaints from former Defense Secretaries about the president’s National Security Council staff micro-managing the Pentagon, it appeared no one wanted to take on the job.
“It seems nobody wants to be Secretary of Defense in the Obama administration,” said Paul. “The president’s first two Defense Secretaries, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta, both complained bitterly this month about their time in the administration.”
Source: http://benswann.com/ron-paul-nobody-wants-to-be-secretary-of-defense-in-the-obama-administration/