Posted on 02/26/2017 4:47:41 PM PST by Drago
"President Donald Trump's nominee for Navy secretary, Philip Bilden, has withdrawn his name from consideration.
Bilden said in a statement he informed Defense Secretary James Mattis of his decision."...
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Accomplished Americans need not apply.
Americans with Bureaucricities Act gives priority to bureacrats.
President Trump has a peculiar problem with his Secretary of the Navy. This is because the Navy has a persistent, bad problem with procurement, and has for several decades.
So instead of bringing in a former Admiral, who has likely as not been part of the problem, he needs to bring in an efficient and experienced businessman, to cut through the nonsense and get ships made on time and on budget.
Not easy, because the Navy is top heavy, and every one of their flag officers wants to put “his stamp” on new ships by changing something or adding something. Added to the incestuous relationship between former Navy officers and shipbuilding companies.
The end result Trump wants is that once a ship design is finalized, that is it, no more changes. If some part is frequently upgraded, it must be in a compatible, plug and play module. Construction delays and cost overruns come out of the hide of the shipbuilder.
Y-you mean he didn’t just start a foundation to launder bribes?
These guys have skeletons real bad.Press on-— NEXT!!
Oh my: We certainly wouldn’t want serving his country to come in the way of possibly harming his family’s personal financial interests!
He has to many questionable investments and refuses to put his country first.
F him, he was a rotten apple.
Nice Christian response!
I don’t see it that way at all. He is no doubt a good person for the job, but can not ethically hold the job without serious negative consequences in his personal financial holdings. That would of course have implications for his whole family. We are not talking about pay cuts. We are probably talking about selling off certain assets at a time when any financial advisor would strongly advise against it. This type of thing is going to happen, especially when you are looking at successful people to fill these top positions.
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