Bush changed Pentagon succession to maintain politicized Dept. of Defense
by Luimbe • March 17, 2010 • politics & money
John Cole’s Balloon Juice flagged some especially appalling G.W. Bush burrowing by changing chain of succession to keep cronies in charge. An executive order published without fanfare this month does away with a system for Pentagon succession instituted by former President George W. Bush, which played down the service secretaries and elevated positions held at the [...]