Democrats assail Hegseth as too divisive, inexperienced to run Pentagon

The Washington Post ^ | January 14, 2025 | Abigail Hauslohner, Liz Goodwin

[Thank You Rush]

Just watched some of Cuomo on News Nation and he repeated a lot from the confirmation hearing today. He had plenty of criticism about the caliber of questions asked by dems which had nothing to do with DEFENSE OF THE COUNTRY and the missed opportunity of Republicans to take advantage of that and it was Kaine who went on and on about the oath to be faithful to a wife....he was roasted by Cuomo for that.

It will be repeated at 11 pm ET..It was pretty good and worth catching...

[XRdsRev]

He’s definitely too inexperienced, he hasn’t even been bribed by a defense contractor yet LOL.

[Political Junkie Too]

Would it surprise anyone to know that out of the 28 Secretaries of Defense since the department was created in 1947 by President Truman, only three of them were career military officers? Many of them had junior officer experience when they were younger (like Hegseth), but built their careers after military service.

So why is Hegseth's lack of CEO experience so important to when so many prior Secretaries of Defense also didn't have any?

1. James Forrestal: Investment Banker
2. Louis A. Johnson: Lawyer
3. George C. Marshall: General, Army Chief of Staff
4. Robert A. Lovett: Investment Banker
5. Charles Erwin Wilson: CEO, General Motors
6. Neil H. McElroy: President, Procter & Gamble
7. Thomas S. Gates Jr.: Investment Banker, Drexel & Co.
8. Robert McNamara: President, Ford Motor Company
9. Clark Clifford: Political Advisor (Truman, Kennedy, Johnson)
10. Melvin R. Laird: Congressman (R-WI)
11. Elliot Richardson: Attorney General (R-MA); Under-Sec. of State (Nixon)
12. James R. Schlesinger: Economist, Director CIA
13. Donald Rumsfeld: Congressman (R-IL); NATO Amb.; Chief-of-Staff (Ford)
14. Harold Brown: Sec. Air Force; President, Calif. Institute of Technology
15. Caspar Weinberger: Chair, FTC (Nixon); Dir. OMB (Nixon); Sec. HEW (Nixon)
16. Frank Carlucci: Amb. Portugal (Ford); Dep. Dir. CIA (Carter); Dep. Sec. Defense (Reagan); Nat'l Security Adv. (Reagan)
17. Dick Cheney: Congressman (R-WY)
18. Leslie Aspin: Congressman (D-WI)
19. William Perry: Electrical Engineer, Technologist; Deputy Sec. Defense (Clinton)
20. William Cohen: Senator (D-ME)
21. Donald Rumsfeld: See above
22. Robert Gates: Director, CIA
23. Leon Panetta: Director, CIA
24. Chuck Hagel: Senator (R-NE)
25. Ash Carter: Theoretical Physicist; Under-Sec. Defense Technology (Obama); Dep. Sec. Defense (Obama)
26. Jim Mattis: General, Commander Central Command; Board of Dir. General Dynamics; Board. of Dir. Theranos (fraudulent blood testing company)
27. Mark Esper: Lobbyist (Ratheon); Secretary of the Army (Trump)
28. Lloyd Austin: General, Commander Central Command

-PJ

[Thank You Rush]

AND he had Jay Leno on who is buying and cooking food for the fire crews - said he spent $20,000.00 on steaks and other food and would be doing the same tomorrow..looked like he was set up somewhere around the Rose Bowl but I wouldn’t swear to it.

He was interviewed standing by his 1940 American La France fire engine probably manufactured in Elmira, NY, the city of my birth - except that was several years AFTER my birth...had relatives who worked there.

In the same interview was a fire chief from Cal Fire and he was asked by Cuomo what he would like to ask Jay Leno to provide to them and he said, “I’d like a ride in that fire engine.”

Human touches beautiful!

[Thank You Rush]

Very good - good work...a mix of everything in our society BEFORE their positions in the Defense Department....

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile...

James O'Keefe: Top Pentagon Advisor Jamie Mannina has just been FIRED per email to OMG from Joint Staff Public Affairs Spokesman Joseph Holstead. Mannina was caught on OMG hidden cameras revealing plans “with a Couple of Retired Generals to Explore What We Can Do” to to ‘Protect People from Trump’.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

The only experience the Dems excel in is spending too much money.

Don't forget money laundering and worldwide election interference.

[EinNYC]

The dimmocrap objections to Hegseth were utterly predictable and just as utterly non-relevant to effective military leadership.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Mannina was caught on OMG hidden cameras revealing plans “with a Couple of Retired Generals to Explore What We Can Do” to to ‘Protect People from Trump’.

Biden has 5 more days for pardons....

[Eleutheria5]

B-but that would be an insurrection, and undermining democracy!

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

They will say. "Oops, I meant those generals and I will stop Trump politicallly..."

[Eleutheria5]

Of course. What else could they mean./s