I have seen this name floated around as a potential Sec Def for the Obama. Now given his Cakeboy personality I would probably prescribe someone more bellicose, but she seems to be well qualified.
Michèle Flournoy is a senior associate at CSIS. In January 2007, she
cofounded and was named president of the Center for a New American
Security (CNAS), a venture dedicated to advancing a strong, centrist
national security strategy. Prior to joining CNAS, she was a senior
adviser at CSIS, where she worked on a broad range of defense policy
and international security issues. Previously, she was a distinguished
research professor at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at
the National Defense University (NDU), where she founded and led the
university’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) working group, which was
chartered by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop
intellectual capital in preparation for the Department of Defense’s
2001 QDR. Prior to joining NDU, she was dual-hatted as principal deputy
assistant secretary of defense for strategy and threat reduction and
deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy. In that capacity,
she oversaw three policy offices in the Office of the Secretary of
Defense: Strategy; Requirements, Plans, and Counterproliferation; and
Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasian Affairs. Ms. Flournoy was awarded the
Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service in 1996, the
Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service in 1998,
and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Joint Distinguished
Civilian Service Award in 2000. In addition to several edited volumes
and reports, she has authored dozens of articles on international
security issues. Ms. Flournoy holds a B.A. in social studies from
Harvard University and an M.Litt. in international relations from
Balliol College, Oxford University, where she was a Newton-Tatum
scholar. She is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, the Council on
Foreign Relations, the International Institute of Strategic Studies,
and the Executive Board of Women in International Security. She is a
former member of the Defense Policy Board and the Defense Science Board
Task Force on Transformation.
I would like more executive experience but I read a few things she wrote and I found nothing odd and some solid thinking. He could certainly do worse, such as the execrable F John Kerry.
I have seen this name floated around as a potential Sec Def for the Obama. Now given his Cakeboy personality I would probably prescribe someone more bellicose, but she seems to be well qualified.
Michèle Flournoy is a senior associate at CSIS. In January 2007, she
cofounded and was named president of the Center for a New American
Security (CNAS), a venture dedicated to advancing a strong, centrist
national security strategy. Prior to joining CNAS, she was a senior
adviser at CSIS, where she worked on a broad range of defense policy
and international security issues. Previously, she was a distinguished
research professor at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at
the National Defense University (NDU), where she founded and led the
university’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) working group, which was
chartered by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop
intellectual capital in preparation for the Department of Defense’s
2001 QDR. Prior to joining NDU, she was dual-hatted as principal deputy
assistant secretary of defense for strategy and threat reduction and
deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy. In that capacity,
she oversaw three policy offices in the Office of the Secretary of
Defense: Strategy; Requirements, Plans, and Counterproliferation; and
Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasian Affairs. Ms. Flournoy was awarded the
Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service in 1996, the
Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service in 1998,
and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Joint Distinguished
Civilian Service Award in 2000. In addition to several edited volumes
and reports, she has authored dozens of articles on international
security issues. Ms. Flournoy holds a B.A. in social studies from
Harvard University and an M.Litt. in international relations from
Balliol College, Oxford University, where she was a Newton-Tatum
scholar. She is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, the Council on
Foreign Relations, the International Institute of Strategic Studies,
and the Executive Board of Women in International Security. She is a
former member of the Defense Policy Board and the Defense Science Board
Task Force on Transformation.
I would like more executive experience but I read a few things she wrote and I found nothing odd and some solid thinking. He could certainly do worse, such as the execrable F John Kerry.
Thoughts anyone?
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Michèle Flournoy is a senior associate at CSIS. In January 2007, she cofounded and was named president of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a venture dedicated to advancing a strong, centrist national security strategy. Prior to joining CNAS, she was a senior adviser at CSIS, where she worked on a broad range of defense policy and international security issues. Previously, she was a distinguished research professor at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University (NDU), where she founded and led the university’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) working group, which was chartered by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop intellectual capital in preparation for the Department of Defense’s 2001 QDR. Prior to joining NDU, she was dual-hatted as principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and threat reduction and deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy. In that capacity, she oversaw three policy offices in the Office of the Secretary of Defense: Strategy; Requirements, Plans, and Counterproliferation; and Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasian Affairs. Ms. Flournoy was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service in 1996, the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service in 1998, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Joint Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 2000. In addition to several edited volumes and reports, she has authored dozens of articles on international security issues. Ms. Flournoy holds a B.A. in social studies from Harvard University and an M.Litt. in international relations from Balliol College, Oxford University, where she was a Newton-Tatum scholar. She is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute of Strategic Studies, and the Executive Board of Women in International Security. She is a former member of the Defense Policy Board and the Defense Science Board Task Force on Transformation.
