Obama Considering John Kerry For Job Of Defense Secretary -- Washington Post
President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include a permanent replacement for former CIA director David H. Petraeus.
Although Kerry is thought to covet the job of secretary of state, senior administration officials familiar with the transition planning said that nomination will almost certainly go to Susan E. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
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More News On U.S. Senator John Kerry Being Considered For Secretary Of Defense
Secretary of Defense John Kerry? -- UPI
John Kerry 'is frontrunner for Defense Secretary job as Susan Rice set to replace Hillary as Secretary of State' -- Daily Mail
Kerry being eyed as secretary of defense, report says -- Boston Herald
John Kerry eyed as replacement for outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta: report -- New York Daily News
My Comment: The New York Times has a different take on John Kerry. What's my take .... as I had mentioned in previous posts, the White House wants someone who would be compliant to their policy of slashing the U.S. Defense budget .... if that is their criteria, then John Kerry would be the perfect person for that job.