Interim Nsa News Today

Decision-making structure for foreign policy in government is a little bit directionless and whoever takes on this job needs to make sure that he or she would have a full rein over the different levers. leland: is the nsc directionless because it doesnt have a leader? obviously, you have keith kellogg, the interim nsa, but is it rudderless because you dont have a national security advisor or because you have the situation in the white house where you have competing groups, whether it be steve ba...

And ultimately, that could lead to a dysfunctional structure making sure that the president gets the best and best informed policy to make decisions on. leland: weve heard both generals petraeus and harwood said no thanks, they wanted control over their staff and the white house had different feelings about that. before i let you go, you said you talked to your old colleagues. one thing, you can have dysfunction when people are unhappy and leaking when people are unhappy. have they talked at all...