Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., expressed concern Sunday that a few of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices of nationwide safety Cupboard positions will probably be beholden to his political preferences reasonably than an goal deciphering of intelligence.
Slotkin, a former CIA officer and Pentagon official, advised “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz that choices like Fox Information host Pete Hegseth for Protection secretary and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to move nationwide intelligence ought to inform Trump exactly what they’re seeing on this planet reasonably than catering to his international coverage stances, which have included issues like diminished assist to Ukraine and a extra aggressive stance in opposition to China.
“I simply have to know that the people who find themselves in these jobs should not going to be guided by politics and what somebody tells them they suppose they need to be seeing within the intelligence or within the protection image, however what is definitely the reality on the bottom,” Slotkin mentioned.
Democratic Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin of Michigan addresses the media, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Detroit.
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“Talking reality to energy is among the most essential issues the intelligence group does, and when you’ve got somebody in there who feels extra beholden to telling the president what he needs to listen to, I obtained an actual downside with that.”
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