Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Madeline Albright is back and this time she’s at DOD as a policy advisor. She’s got experience, lots of years there, to help advise on policy decisions relating to DOD decisions. Pentagon announced decision but not many in media picked the story up.
I have some experience working with DOS, and to be honest, I’m not impressed at all.
Their objectives do not always align with DOD.
How is her experience with DOS gonna help form DOD policy?
If it was up to me, nobody from State would be involved with the DOD. Ever.
I don’t see this as a positive.
"If you don’t fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately" - James Mattis
I don't think I'd have the patience for DOS-type work myself. But the COCOMs I worked with in uniform have always had some level of political advisor and the geographic ones had presence in the embassies of their AOR. I guess I have to assume that existed for good reasons.
I do agree that it's like watching paint dry, badly.
"If you don’t fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately" - James Mattis
I don't think I'd have the patience for DOS-type work myself. But the COCOMs I worked with in uniform have always had some level of political advisor and the geographic ones had presence in the embassies of their AOR. I guess I have to assume that existed for good reasons.
I do agree that it's like watching paint dry, badly.
"If you don’t fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately" - James Mattis
I don't think I'd have the patience for DOS-type work myself. But the COCOMs I worked with in uniform have always had some level of political advisor and the geographic ones had presence in the embassies of their AOR. I guess I have to assume that existed for good reasons.
I do agree that it's like watching paint dry, badly.
There is absolutely nothing new in this. There have been policy advisors in the DOD. It's why we have a uniform and a suit at the top of each branch.
Again, nothing to see here but someone reading way too much right wing propaganda.
Given that much of what the DOD does involves policy, I don't have a problem with the idea of a policy advisor (and I note that this is nothing new). I do question why they chose Albright for the position. Yes, she's a former secretary of state, but she's been out of the game for decades.
Given that much of what the DOD does involves policy, I don't have a problem with the idea of a policy advisor (and I note that this is nothing new). I do question why they chose Albright for the position. Yes, she's a former secretary of state, but she's been out of the game for decades.
And her perspective has changed. Last time she was in the game was Bosnia and Kosovo. Lot has changed since then.
Please read what I wrote and quit being so sensitive. I'm not pro-Biden, just anti-BS.
I said someone, namely you, is reading too much right wing propaganda. I did not say that the source was right wing propaganda.
She serves on a number of advisory boards and has counseled Democratic leaders since leaving state.
If her counsel was accepted, considering the foreign policy blunders we've witnessed during the last few decades, that's not exactly a ringing endorsement.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
