Lloyd Austin didn’t impress many of the officers I’ve interviewed who worked for him at MNC-I, USF-I, or CENTCOM. But from Biden team perspective, a guy who, when his recommendations on Iraq troop levels in 2011 were overruled by WH, didn’t make a fuss. https://twitter.com/wesleysmorgan/status/1328798171326197764?s=21 https://twitter.com/mikenelson586/status/1332430975050059777
That’s may be an important memory for Biden team members (& Biden!) who remember the Afghan surge debate & who seem to be partly hung up about Flournoy for her handling of uniformed leaders’ recs as USD-P—as when Mullen *did* (as was his right) object internally on same Iraq rec. https://twitter.com/wesleysmorgan/status/1331726480766853127
For those to whom Austin is a new name: there's detail on his role in 2010-11 Iraq—including working closely with Tony Blinken and Tom Donilon when Biden had the Obama admin Iraq portfolio—in @mgordonwsj's THE ENDGAME, which describes him as "cautious and methodical."
For those to whom Austin is a new name: there's detail on his role in 2010-11 Iraq—including working closely with Tony Blinken and Tom Donilon when Biden had the Obama admin Iraq portfolio—in @mgordonwsj's THE ENDGAME, which describes him as "cautious and methodical."
For those to whom Austin is a new name: there's detail on his role in 2010-11 Iraq—including working closely with Tony Blinken and Tom Donilon when Biden had the Obama admin Iraq portfolio—in @mgordonwsj's THE ENDGAME, which describes him as "cautious and methodical."
For those to whom Austin is a new name: there's detail on his role in 2010-11 Iraq—including working closely with Tony Blinken and Tom Donilon when Biden had the Obama admin Iraq portfolio—in @mgordonwsj's THE ENDGAME, which describes him as "cautious and methodical."
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