Has creating a government position ever reduced the amount of red tape? This smells like just another Big Government boondogle dreamed up by people who can manage the situation and want to pass the buck.
the example Gates gave was that there’d now be one person that reports to Bush on the status of upcoming deployments and equipment requests. He/she would be able to contact any department to see where the request was in the pipeline fundingwise, availability of equipment(Strykers for example) or additional troops, and when the additional troops/equipment would arrive in theatre.