Michele Flournoy, in line to be first female defense secretary, may be forced by Biden to shrink DOD

[mystery-ak]

Michele Flournoy, in line to be first female defense secretary, may be forced by Biden to shrink DOD
by Abraham Mahshie, Defense Reporter
 | November 11, 2020 06:30 AM

Michele Flournoy, the onetime under secretary of defense for policy in the Obama administration, once called for yearly increases to the defense budget of 3% to 5%.

But Flournoy, who could become the first-ever female secretary of defense under presumptive President-elect Joe Biden, will likely have to manage with much less, say experts.

“Secretary Flournoy could easily be secretary of defense,” Brookings Institution security expert Michael O’Hanlon told the Washington Examiner Monday.

“I have to believe she's the odds-on favorite,” said O’Hanlon, who described himself as a “minor” adviser to the Biden campaign this summer but without direct knowledge of Biden’s current thoughts.

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[PeteS in CA]

Gutting defense to fund social programs has been standard practice for Dems, dating to FDR. It costs the lives of combat personnel, but the Dems don't care about their cannon fodder.