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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Michele Flournoy is at the head of the line for Sec Def.

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Susan Rice needs a non-confirmation slot--she wouldn't make it through the Senate. A caveat for any of these names, if Biden thinks they'd be too hard to get through

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Agree with everyone but Rice.  I worked with her and she is not capable.  We propped her up as well as we could. [/quote]

Say more. I understand smart and savvy yet is focused up, not down, in her relations, so perhaps better for an advisor role, but less suited for a cabinet position, especially one that has been pretty bruised by Pompeo.[/quote]

I worked with her too. She’s a bitch, and I mean that fairly literally. She threw a briefer out of her car once because she didn’t like the material she was being briefed. [/quote]

I think Flournoy is a lock for SecDef nomination - will she face any issues with the Senate? I have only heard people speak highly of her.

+1 on the assessment of Rice. I have a friend that had to brief her during a major international negotiation a few years ago. Friend called Rice "The Wicked Witch" and was so afraid of her wrath friend literally stayed awake all night ready to brief just in case. And my friend was in a very senior position themselves! This was a posting where we had the head of pretty much every national security agency/organization/task force visit. I can only think of one other agency head that was kind of a dick. Everyone else was pretty decent and gracious.[/quote]

Flournoy is a sure thing to have bipartisan support, but Rice can't get through. Non starter. I'm relieved about that. Brilliant but too many stories about her temper and lack of discipline to be in the top diplomatic post.[/quote]

Agree that Rice is non-confirmable. I wonder if she will end up in the Administration at all. I think making her National Security Advisor again is not a great move. Wendy Sherman should be brought on to get the Iran Nuclear Deal back on track.[/quote]

Rice is close to Biden and was on the short list to be VP.  She will get something significant.  She might have difficulty getting confirmed at State but that should not be an issue for other agencies.  The only thing that matters is her relationship with Biden.

[b]What is the case for Flournoy?  It does not seem like she has all that much experience in Government.  C[/b]ould Duckworth end up at DoD instead with maybe Flournoy as a deputy to help run the agency?  [/quote]

Well, here's part of the case for Flournoy (?Not much experience in government?!}:

Michèle Angélique Flournoy (born December 14, 1960) is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy under President Bill Clinton and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under President Barack Obama, serving as a principal advisor to U.S. Secretaries of Defense Robert Gates and Leon Panetta from February 2009 to February 2012.[1] During her tenure in the Clinton administration, Flournoy was the principal author of the May 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), which advocated the unilateral use of military power in defense of US interests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mich%C3%A8le_Flournoy

Or you could read the numerous other news articles about her. She was slated to be SecDef in a Hillary Clinton Administration. Nothing against Duckworth, but that's just a celebrity type appointment, IMO.

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