Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Colby is a single individual - it all depends on how long he survives in office and how he finds the President on the day the report is delivered. As already reported the senators of the "submarine" states are already organising.
And, in an appearance earlier this week testifying before a House of Representatives Committee, Sec. Hegseth received yet another illustration of the thankless nature of the role of Secretary of Defense, specifically with regard to the niceties (or if you don't like dry sarcasm, substitute in "frustrations") of Congressional hearings (as thoroughly articulated by Sec. Robert Gates in his memoir,
Duty).
Sec. Hegseth dealt with an overtly confrontational line of questions from the Ranking Member, who represents a Congressional District in Connecticut. The Representative was reading from pretty detailed facts, qualitative as well as budgetary, about construction and readiness of boats. At times the Representative appeared and sounded, well, livid. So not only in the Senate are there elected representatives, staff members in their legislative offices, and Committee professional staff members who "do their homework" and have rather intense disdain for anyone who does not and instead relies on vanity, self-centeredness and conceit. Sec. Hegseth (for the avoidance of any doubt) did appear to be well-prepared; whether the same can be said or applied to the Trump Administration's handling of AUKUS remains to be seen, time will tell.