SecDef:
Keep current SecDef Robert Gates in place.
Jack Welsh (Retired GE CEO).
Retired Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA).
Retired Senator Alan Dixon (D-IL)
Current MS Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS)
Logic: The next SecDef is going to need more of a political understanding and innate political navigation skills, and the ability to reach across the partisan divide. And anybody who thinks the Nov., 2008 election is going to resolve that entire issue is just kidding themselves. Any of the above guys could all get it done.
Personally: If people issues are a big thing at Defense, Jack Welsh would be somebody to seriously consider. He developed one incredible leadership team at GE.
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