Mattis clashing with Trump transition team over Pentagon staffing

[rangerrebew]

Mattis clashing with Trump transition team over Pentagon staffing
By Josh Rogin January 6
President-elect Trump calls Gen. Mattis 'the real deal'


This post was updated at 11:55 a.m. Jan. 6.

The honeymoon seems to be ending between retired Gen. James N. Mattis and Donald Trump’s transition team amid an increasingly acrimonious dispute over who will get top jobs in the Defense Department — and who gets to make those decisions.

With only two weeks left before Inauguration Day and days before Mattis’s Senate confirmation hearing, most major Pentagon civilian positions remain unfilled. Behind the scenes, Mattis has been rejecting large numbers of candidates offered by the transition team for several top posts, two sources close to the transition said. The dispute over personnel appointments is contributing to a tenser relationship between Mattis and the transition officials, which could set the stage for turf wars between the Pentagon and the White House in the coming Trump administration.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/06/mattis-clashing-with-trump-transition-team-over-pentagon-staffing/?utm_term=.430c42e92c06

[RetBobbyMI]

My bet is on Mad Dog. He will hold his ground and Trump will take his side over his transition team or he will end up finding another general.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

My bet is that this is being blown wildly out of proportion by the leftist media, just like the ridiculous claims immediately after the election that the transition was in chaos and way behind.

[Wingnut]

My bet is that this is being blown wildly out of proportion by the leftist media, just like the ridiculous claims immediately after the election that the transition was in chaos and way behind.

I agree.  Hack media projecting their wishes.  Not news.  More Fake news

[txradioguy]

But on the flip side it's not beyond reality to think that Trump and his transition team are trying to micromanage the process instead of relying on the knowledge and expertise of the SecDef.  Or in this case the SecDef nominee.

Wouldn't be the first time.