HEY! Did You Know Clark COULD Be Sec. of Defense? There Is A Precedent...

[KittyWampus]

George Marshall. Pertinent info in bold towards the end. I included the other info for background:

Given the controversy surrounding Johnson's performance, and especially the military
situation in Korea, President Truman recognized the need to choose a person of great
national prestige to head the Department of Defense. His selection of General Marshall
eminently met this requirement. ....

snip

In 1939 just as World War II began in Europe, President Roosevelt appointed Marshall
Army chief of staff. In that position and as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff beginning
in 1942, Marshall labored unceasingly to build up U.S. defenses and to prepare the
Army for action. President Truman later described him as the "architect of victory" in
World War II.

Within weeks after Marshall retired from the Army in November 1945 Truman sent him
to China in an unsuccessful attempt to mediate the civil war between the Nationalists and
Communists and to establish a coalition government. He returned to the United States in
January 1947 to become secretary of state for a momentous two years, marked by the
Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal
Assistance, and negotiation of the NATO pact. After he left the State Department he
achieved further distinction as president of the American Red Cross.

Marshall's appointment as secretary of defense required a special congressional waiver
because the National Security Act prohibited a commissioned military officer on active
duty within the previous 10 years from holding the post.

[Old and In the Way]

1. In that case.....I'd submit Clark's name for SecDef.

Would the Republicans have a problem with it? They'll have a problem with every Kerry nomination.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Why, oh why....

of ALL of the Cabinet positions, why keep suggesting Wes Clark for the ONE that he is not elligible for unless there is an ACT OF CONGRESS?

I doubt that if Kerry becomes President, he will find the inclination to fight for an ACT of CONGRESS. Why would he burn up political capital with a fight on his hands.

I don't see it happening....nor do I think it should.

Holbrooke might have forced his way into SOS as far as he is concerned, but that doesn't make it a Done Deal.

Wes SHOULD be SOS. He fucking earned it.