“If approved by Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan,”
It’s statements like these that have my wanting to commit mayhem on my computer screen. He REPORTS TO THE PRESIDENT! He doesn’t get to “approve anything” that the President gives him as a DIRECT ORDER! Shanahan simply has to martial the resources and give the President a timetable for carrying out his directive.
Actually the President can get the JCOS to do it. He can directly liaison with the JCOS.
“It’s statements like these that have my wanting to commit mayhem on my computer screen.”
#MeToo. It’s bizarre what’s going on in D.C.