“It seems that this announcement may amount to a money-moving exercise within the agency itself rather than an overall Pentagon topline reduction,” said one watchdog.

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    It’s not really surprising, he doesn’t seem qualified or competent enough to manage a team that could perform efficiency analysis and implementation on something like the US Military Industrial Complex, let alone direct the whole thing. I mean he’s been proven (twice) to not be qualified or competent enough to run a veteran support service. It must be terrifying being parachuted into something so far beyond your capabilities like this.

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      It would be terrifying, but I’m sure a combination of egotism and liquid courage will make it seem easy.

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    if the ‘savings’ stay within the dod, it’s gonna go to the diaper’s pet projects… and probably some new national police force.

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      We can call them the Super Squad. The SS will definitely help the president enforce order. Maybe not the law though.