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The Atlantic Hires National Review Writer Who Called for Women Who Have Abortions to Be Hanged

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Blind Frog Belly White3/23/2018 3:13:51 pm PDT

re: #278 Anymouse 🌹

From the article I linked to:

There are two options that would allow him to serve as national security adviser without needing to be confirmed, according to the committee aide: He could revert to two-star major general status to lead Trump’s National Security Council, or he could retire from active military duty.

Those were the options Powell faced. In the end, as he wrote in his memoir, “My American Journey,” he chose to keep his higher ranking and go through confirmation.

“The post of national security adviser did not require Senate confirmation. But as a three-star general, I would have to be confirmed for any job in order to hold on to my rank. If I dropped back to two stars, I could be appointed without Senate confirmation. But I was not eager to be demoted in the Army so that I could be promoted in a civilian post,” he wrote.

It’s changing jobs as a 3 or 4 star general, not the particular position.

OTOH, when retired Gen. Mattis was nominated for SecDef, Congress had to pass an exemption to allow him, as a retired General, to take the job. There’s a specific, statutory prohibition.