MongGrel
Lifer
- Dec 3, 2013
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Obviously not.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/mcmaster-defense-general-national-security-235244
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/601
Federal Law allows for the president to appoint generals and admirals to “positions of importance,” but also requires Senate confirmation within 60 days.
The last active-duty general to serve as national security adviser was Colin Powell, in the final years of the Reagan administration.
And he became a fall guy for the Bush administration.Tossed under the bus.
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