\u201cI would confess I’m no expert on Iraq.\u201d
\nand, asked about the right balance between American and Iraqi forces,
\nhe said he was \u201cno expert on military matters.\u201d
\nThis, after spending 27 years in the CIA as an intelligence professional,
\nand nearly nine years at the National Security Council.<\/p>\n
What is the job of a US Defense Secretary?<\/p>\n
Concerned with the armed services and military matters,
\nto be the principal defense policy adviser to the President
\nand responsible for the formulation of general defense policy
\nand policy related to all matters of direct and primary concern
\nto the Department of Defense, and for the execution of approved policy.<\/p>\n
Here’s some defense:
\nClick your heels Doctor Gates,
\nand repeat three times
\n“Take me home to Kansas!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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