Unfortunately, most of Clinton’s appointees were untalened dunces, and quite a few were recommended by Hillary. Ten to one, if she ever gets into the White House, I’m sure she’d nominate a woman to serve as Secretary of Defense. And with a Democrat Congress, she just might pull it off.
Clarke was an innocuous politico-military analsyst when he was chosen by Mort Abramowitz, chief of the State Department’s Intelligence and Research office, to do his office dirty work. Clarke, who seemingly had no proclivity for women or good times, spent long hours at a job he enjoyed and was a thoroughly detested individual. Abramowitz would later return the favor by giving Clarke a boost up the ladder at State. As noted in the previous posting, he was later dumped by Baker “who fired him for appearing to condone” the illicit Israeli transfew of US technology to the Chinese. Wyy he was saved by Scowcroft, who worked hand in hand with Baker, is a mystery that has never been resolved.