- Rachel Hoff: Reforming the National Security Council
George F. Will writes: What the former assistant secretary of the Navy said is descriptive of the entire military. Each service’s culture, and interservice rivalries, and bureaucratic viscosity are resistant to reform. Which is why the next secretary of defense, retired Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis, has the most difficult management challenge in American government. – Washington Post
interview with H. R. McMaster via Area 45
McMaster discusses why he joined the Trump White House and how he oversaw the National Security Council.