McConnell calls out Trump for hiring 'amateur isolationists' at Pentagon, firing NSA director
Source: The Hill
04/05/25 11:29 AM ET
Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is questioning President Trump’s decisions to pick “amateur isolationists” for senior policy jobs at the Pentagon and to fire Gen. Timothy Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command without explanation.
“If decades of experience in uniform isn’t enough to lead the N.S.A. but amateur isolationists can hold senior policy jobs at the Pentagon, then what exactly are the criteria for working on this administration’s national security staff,” McConnell said in comments to The New York Times.
“I can’t figure it out,” he said.
McConnell and other Senate Republican defense hawks have signaled their concern about the Trump administration’s decisions to hire Michael DiMino to serve as deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East and Andrew Byers to serve as deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5234058-mcconnell-trump-pentagon-nsa-criticism/
He still voted for ALL of 45's nominees except 3 (RFK Jr., Gabbard, Hegseth) and if he had voted to convict after either or both impeachments (along with the rest of his compatriots), we wouldn't be here in this position.
On a related note, I did hear the news about one of his 97-year old relatives who hatched 4 offspring here in Philly (they hatched back at the end of February but were introduced to the world this past week)!
I did actually see her just over 15 or so years ago (~2009) crawling around her outdoor enclosure, which was the last time I was at the zoo (right before the elephants were removed).
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(the Galapagos tortoises, I mean--not McConnell, obviously)
and not all are hatching but they are still watching. She has been at our zoo since 1932. 
