Will Jim Webb be Trump’s secretary of Defense? https://t.co/mbHuciXLOL pic.twitter.com/Q07W0dqyVD

— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 16, 2016

“…Conservative writer Bill Kauffmann floated Webb’s name as a possible cabinet pick in his introduction of the former Virginia senator. (at a foreign policy symposium in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday) Later on, a questioner mentioned an “incredible rumor going around” that Webb might be offered secretary of defense, and asked whether he would accept the role. Webb did not answer the question.

It all had the look and feel of a trial balloon being launched…”