Posted on 11/12/2016 3:54:24 AM PST by GonzoII
Outgoing Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., is at the top of President-elect Trump's list for secretary of defense, according to a Washington Post report published Friday evening.
Other candidates up for the Pentagon chief slot are retired Army Lt. Gen. Joseph "Keith" Kellogg, former Defense Intelligence Agency director Gen. Mike Flynn and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions.
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Sources said Ayotte's neoconservative background would help her serve as a liaison between the GOP establishment in Congress and Trump administration. She would also be the first woman to oversee the Defense Department.
[What we do know is that DJT excels at being able to judge character/skill sets and make great matches between people and positions.]
I worry a bit about the short time frame to fill 4,000 positions. Obviously Trump himself can do the person-to-person matching fill the cabinet and a few dozen others, but he will need to rely on the judgement of the transition team to staff the vast bulk of positions.
I think it would be a good step for him to have many people wearing more than one hat and do the job with just 3,000 positions. Keep people too busy for the swamp to seduce them.
Thank you for stating this. The media is in full disinformation mode to turn people against trump while they subvert the electoral college. This is why Michigan is being stolen, they can steal it if he has 300+ but 290 is only 20 souls.
She also voted for the Gang of 8 bill. We need someone who is really qualified to be SecDef. The position is too important for token appointments.
I think military veterans should lead both Defense and the VA.
Maybe they are planning on using her for target practice !
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/11/02/ayotte-says-she-wouldn-want-her-daughter-room-with-trump-bill-clinton/lg2wkQyPIlOAjmfKSeGo6H/story.html
Nov 2
US Senator Kelly Ayotte, who is locked in a tight reelection battle for her seat, told a local radio show host on Wednesday that she wouldn’t want her daughter to be in the room with either Donald Trump or Bill Clinton.
The incumbent senator from New Hampshire made the comments in a morning interview with WNTK host Keith Hanson.
Hanson started by asking if Ayotte would have wanted her daughter, who is 12 years old, to hear the lewd comments Trump made in 2005 to Access Hollywood reporter Billy Bush.
“I think we all know the answer to that,” Ayotte replied.
THAT would make some heads explode!!!
More importantly, her refusing to embrace Trump probably cost Trump New Hampshire, so she lost it for both of them.
She did garner more votes than Trump or Clinton, but both her and Trump may have won if she had united with Trump.
looks like the Washington Examiner is busy publishing BS.
Good point.
We know he has an inner circle who he trusts implicitly. I was heartened to see all 3 elder Trump children on board....and Jared too, I think.
Having worked closely with him for so many years, my hope is that the children will be able to act in surrogate for him. The only real worry I have is VP Pence.
I knew nothing about him before DJT selected him for VP. My initial and current reaction to him is very positive. I love his demeanor, his strong Christian faith, etc.
What puzzles and somewhat confuses me is the reactions of some who view him as the Globalist’s “dream guy”. If he is, then the globalists would be one breath away from full control again. It concerns me and I’d really like to know if he is a globalist or not.
HELL NO.
I will support the big man's decisions, I trust his instincts at this point. How could we not? He has been unbelievably prescient.
Basically anything reported by the media on who Trump is picking for important positions are complete WAGs at the moment...
Most is just projecting their fear...
He does this, he wins back some women’s and neocon support and remains able to advance his own national security policy. I like it for 2020.
Actually, your description of her is quite apt. I get ya.
Meanwhile, on that line of discussion—Fiorina for chair of the RNC? Yuck!
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lewandowski-fiorina-up-for-republican-party-chair/article/2607092
Not a good idea nor is it likely to be a choice which would produce much faith in the team’s judgment.
In their dreams ...
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