{"id":1431,"date":"2008-11-14T15:24:37","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T20:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2parse.com\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2008-11-14T15:24:37","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T20:24:37","slug":"whats-next-secretaries-of-state-and-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/?p=1431","title":{"rendered":"What’s Next: Secretaries of State and Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems as if Hillary Clinton is going to be the next Secretary of State<\/a>. And it seems like a done deal at this point – with the coy public statements and influentials<\/a> lining up behind it.<\/p>\n

I’m not thrilled. I think she’s a better choice than John Kerry or Bill Richardson, whose names were also being bandied about.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the candidate I think would be truly brilliant\u00a0for Secretary of State\u00a0would be Chuck Hagel. Obama is certainly going to do some controversial things in foreign policy – common sense things really that became political fodder for attacks – such as engaging in direct diplomacy with Iran, being more aggressive with regards to Pakistan, etcetera. A Republican as Secretary of State would help help provide political cover for these controversial decisions; but more importantly, it would make it clear that Obama is not taking “liberal” positions – but common sense ones. It would serve as notice to the world that Obama’s foreign policy is bipartisan, reflecting not just this president but a broad consensus across political parties. In fact, Chuck Hagel is perfect for this role as defended Obama’s foreign policy positions against both Hillary Clinton and John McCain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The position I would reccomend for Hillary would be Secretary of Defense<\/a>. Obama could come to some agreement with Robert Gates that allows him to stay for a year or so – and offer to put Hillary in after that. She’s tough enough; it would give her important credentials for a later run for president; it would be breaking yet another glass ceiling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems as if Hillary Clinton is going to be the next Secretary of State. And it seems like a done deal at this point – with the coy public statements and influentials lining up behind it. I’m not thrilled. I think she’s a better choice than John Kerry or Bill Richardson, whose names were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[143,3,367],"tags":[431,141,989,412,988],"class_list":["post-1431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barack-obama","category-foreign-policy","category-national-security","tag-chuck-hagel","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-robert-gates","tag-secretary-of-defense","tag-secretary-of-state"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qcx-n5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1432,"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions\/1432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}