Conservative Review cites an article from Politico which ultimately comes up with this money quote:
He has more recently proposed to the White House nominating Clinton administration veteran Rudy DeLeon as undersecretary for personnel and readiness and Richard V. Spencer, a former Marine and investment banker now affiliated with the bipartisan Center for a New American Security, as secretary of the Navy.
What is the Center for a New American Security? If it’s bipartisan, it is sure to be very bad, I don’t know anything about it.
hmmm. Center for a New American Security...
Petraeus and Mattis wrote the COIN strategy.
“Founded in 2007, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is widely considered to be an important source of national security and military analysis for the Obama administration, particularly with respect to counterinsurgency strategy (COIN). Described by the Los Angeles Times as “a haven for hawkish Democrats,”[1] CNAS calls itself an “independent and nonpartisan research institution” that aims to engage “policymakers, experts, and the public with innovative fact-based research, ideas, and analysis to shape and elevate the national security debate.”[2]
[go to source for references...LOL]
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/center_for_a_new_american_security/