[Cementjungle]

There have also been reports of high-profile clashes between Hagel and top White House officials, especially on ISIS policy.

I knew Obama would be pissed when Hagel let our guys actually kill some of those ISIS people. We're supposed to be targeting trees and dogs for show, but aren't supposed to hurt any of the ISIS fellas.

[pepsionice]

I might argue that the WH background people (not the President himself), probably wanted every single target and mission of significance vetted through them prior to being carried out. Hagel probably set there and started thinking about how they’d push their ‘problems’ to the New York Times, and act like they were part of the process.

[mountn man]

I guess Hagel didn't understand the title.

He's part of the Department Of Defense
Not the Department Of Offense