gonna be hard to get riled up about obstructionist democrats on that one.
I'm sure there will be other opportunities.
Well, as excuses go, she has a fairly reasonable one. She would prefer the SecDef be a civilian. Which is a fairly reasonable concern.
Now, overwhelmingly the senators [and] members of the armed services committee, me included, have expressed enormous gratitude for the extraordinary service of General Mattis, that is not in debate,” said Gillibrand. “But if there is no civilian, in all the world, as of today in this moment, who can meet the needs of the incoming administration, then who is to say that there will be no civilian in the future who can meet the needs of this administration, should they need another secretary of defense, or the next administration?”
Honestly, toss up between whether she really believes that or is not happen with Mattis not supporting social engineering being a higher priority than combat effectiveness. I'd give her the benefit of a doubt. She likely has no idea how worshipped Mattis is by... Well, everyone. Or that while I think it's unlikely that even Mattis can reform the DoD, if anyone can, he's the only one who potentially could.
Still 100-0 would have been more preferable than 98-1, but for an insanely divided political landscape, that's already a miracle.
