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Flournoy drops out of running for Pentagon job
The Hill ^ | November 25, 2014 | Martin Matishak

Posted on 11/25/2014 2:25:01 PM PST by jazusamo

Michèle Flournoy, a former Pentagon official who was viewed as a front-runner to replace outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, has taken herself out of contention for the Cabinet post.

Flournoy on Tuesday sent a letter to the board of directors for the Center for a New American Security saying she plans to remain in her position as the think tank’s chief executive officer,Foreign Policy reported.

Flournoy had previously served as undersecretary of Defense for policy from 2009 to 2012, working under both Robert Gates and Leon Panetta. She was viewed as a possible replacement for Panetta when he announced his retirement in 2012.

She has long been seen as a prime candidate to become the first female Defense secretary in U.S. history.

Flournoy might have another shot at the top Defense job, as she has been widely rumored to be a top candidate to join Hillary Clinton’s national security team, should the former secretary of State make a bid for the White House in 2016.

Her decision to pass up the important national security post leaves Obama with a thinning bench of possible candidates: Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), who through a spokesman has said he is not interested in the job; Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.), the top Democrat on House Armed Services; and Ashton Carter, a former deputy secretary of Defense.

In a strange bit of timing, Flournoy will testify before the House Armed Services Committee next week.

She will appear on Dec. 2 to discuss the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review, according to a hearing schedule the panel released on Tuesday. The nuts-to-bolts examination guides Pentagon spending over the long term, prioritizing any shifts of military assets or attention to growing capabilities, such as cyber and special operations.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: flournoy; obama; secdef
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To: jazusamo

She has been involved with the Army and DoD at the Pentagon since the late 1990s. A couple of sources I have speak fairly highly of her in her understanding of defense policy, looking at options, and when it was not popular backing the Army’s resistance to strength cuts. they will be glad that she has declined. She may have worked for Dem administrations, but she would not be the “Yes woman lackey” that bh0 wants in his cabinet secretaries.


21 posted on 11/25/2014 3:33:28 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: jazusamo

So who’s the next quadriplegic-transsexual-Muslim-under 30 activist seeking to get the position?


22 posted on 11/25/2014 3:53:25 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (NO COMPROMISE! NO BIPARTISANSHIP! STOP OBAMA NOW!)
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To: jazusamo
Obama's perfect nominee


23 posted on 11/25/2014 3:59:43 PM PST by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: jazusamo

Oh well, onto the next protected class America-hater.


24 posted on 11/25/2014 4:00:02 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: GreyFriar

Thanks, I wondered if she might have turned it down for that reason.


25 posted on 11/25/2014 4:03:36 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: Dr. Thorne

Ouch, that makes my eyes hurt and you’re right.


26 posted on 11/25/2014 4:04:34 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo
Offer it to John McCain. Get him out of the Senate.

-PJ

27 posted on 11/25/2014 4:06:29 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: jazusamo

I’ll bet I’m on the list. Right after Donald Rumsfeld.


28 posted on 11/25/2014 4:35:12 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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