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There are reports that Jim Webb is under consideration to replace Gen. Mattis at the Pentagon. I was interested when Webb was exploring a POTUS run in 2014/15. I was a supporter until he would not pin down exactly what he was for and continued to ask for money.
Chuck Hagel was of similar interest when he was a Senator from Nebraska. Returning after a number of years to serve as Sec/Def, he had lost some of his appeal.
Hagel served as an enlisted man in Viet Nam and Webb was a Marine officer awarded the Navy Cross.
Webb seems to be a strange pick by the Trump Administration.
Webb was openly hostile to 43.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2008/02/01/jim-webb-no-more-combat-boots/
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/03/jim-webb-defense-secretary-1060169
Chuck Hagel was of similar interest when he was a Senator from Nebraska. Returning after a number of years to serve as Sec/Def, he had lost some of his appeal.
Hagel served as an enlisted man in Viet Nam and Webb was a Marine officer awarded the Navy Cross.
Webb seems to be a strange pick by the Trump Administration.
Webb was openly hostile to 43.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2008/02/01/jim-webb-no-more-combat-boots/
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/03/jim-webb-defense-secretary-1060169