....you flaming assholes.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...on-jobs/ar-BBzeOkK?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp
The tussle became public in March when Mattis pulled his pick for undersecretary for policy, Anne Patterson, after the White House implied it would not fight a likely battle for her confirmation.
"Early on a lot of names that were floated by the Trump folks were rejected by the Mattis folks. A lot of names that Mattis floated were rejected by the Trump folks," the lobbyist told The Hill. "That really slowed things down and there's a been lot of friction between the two."
A defense industry consultant agreed, and added that Mattis has proposed picks that were outright rejected by the administration - including Democrats and those from the traditional national security establishment that were anti-Trump during the campaign.
Mattis, the consultant said, has found Trump's Pentagon offerings to be "just utterly unqualified, they don't have any background" in defense policy.
"Trying to find that combination of Republican, didn't sign a 'Never Trump' document and has some real national security background is tough and also Mattis doesn't particularly like political picks coming out, as shown by the tanking of Randy Forbes," the consultant said.
Forbes, a former Republican congressman from Virginia, was said to be in line for the Navy secretary position, but Mattis reportedly rejected him.
Trump has only nominated 12 people for DOD positions since December, including a list of six names in mid-March that included Boeing's senior vice president of supply chain and operations Patrick Shanahan, picked for deputy secretary of Defense, the Pentagon's No. 2 position.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...on-jobs/ar-BBzeOkK?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp
The tussle became public in March when Mattis pulled his pick for undersecretary for policy, Anne Patterson, after the White House implied it would not fight a likely battle for her confirmation.
"Early on a lot of names that were floated by the Trump folks were rejected by the Mattis folks. A lot of names that Mattis floated were rejected by the Trump folks," the lobbyist told The Hill. "That really slowed things down and there's a been lot of friction between the two."
A defense industry consultant agreed, and added that Mattis has proposed picks that were outright rejected by the administration - including Democrats and those from the traditional national security establishment that were anti-Trump during the campaign.
Mattis, the consultant said, has found Trump's Pentagon offerings to be "just utterly unqualified, they don't have any background" in defense policy.
"Trying to find that combination of Republican, didn't sign a 'Never Trump' document and has some real national security background is tough and also Mattis doesn't particularly like political picks coming out, as shown by the tanking of Randy Forbes," the consultant said.
Forbes, a former Republican congressman from Virginia, was said to be in line for the Navy secretary position, but Mattis reportedly rejected him.
Trump has only nominated 12 people for DOD positions since December, including a list of six names in mid-March that included Boeing's senior vice president of supply chain and operations Patrick Shanahan, picked for deputy secretary of Defense, the Pentagon's No. 2 position.
