why not wait? >> this is a tough time to find somebody to take the job, one, the pentagon relationship with the white house, while obama has been president has been uneasy, there have been a lot of people who said the president doesn't respect what the military is bringing forward if terms of options, then in terms of timing, this is a president going into a seventh year. the approval ratings are down, he is under a lot of criticism for his national security strategy, somebody taking this job will be coming into it under the white house' thumb. >> it will be hard for this white house and future white houses to attract top tier talent if this pattern of white house centralization keeps up. it didn't start with the a bowl folks, certainly, it increased under them, you have a handful of white house aides and the president run everything, you have senior respected officials