J. Scott Gration was a retired USAF two-star (btw—SMH—he collected a Purple Heart for smoke inhalation when at the Pentagon on 9/11) and was Obama’s transition man at DoD. He tried to get a Presidential appointee position there and at NASA but had to settle for a “special envoy” job in Africa before becoming an ambassador.
Correct me if I’m wrong on this...but wasn’t this this the guy who brought candidate Senator Obama from Ramstein over to Landstuhl’s medical facility for the 2008 walk-through deal, and demanded to be part of the entourage group, and the Commander of the hospital told him it was Senator Obama alone....no entourage?
I remember this episode coming up and a big scene erupted at the doorway because Landstuhl had told the escort folks days ahead of time that it was a candidate only tour....no entourage. Obama had to directly order the escort guy to stand-down, and went on for the one-man tour of Landstuhl.