川普改組DoD國防政策委員會，逐出季辛吉主義信徒

【縛雞之見】

情勢似乎很緊急？其中最大尾的是季辛吉本人被趕下舞台。日前他還發表：不要惹惱中國，會引起戰爭後果。如果季辛吉在委員會中，那北京等於知道美國的所有軍事機密，請看英文原文最後一段。

說是「政變與反政變」，似乎也有這麼一點味道。 

川普改組國防政策委員會 季辛吉等建制派人士下台    中央社20201128

美國期刊「外交政策」網站引述若干官員的話指出，美國國防部國防政策委員會的多名委員突然遭到撤換，似乎是即將卸任的川普政府對外交建制派人馬使出了一記回馬槍。

外交政策（Foreign Policy）網站報導，國防部的白宮聯絡官懷特豪斯（Joshua Whitehouse）於25日送達這項人事令，將國防政策委員會（Defense Policy Board）11名引人注目的顧問撤換，包括前國務卿季辛吉（Henry Kissinger）與歐布萊特（Madeleine Albright）。

曾擔任海軍軍令部長的退役海軍上將羅福賀（Gary Roughead）、國會眾議院情報委員會前副主席哈曼（Jane Harman）以及國防部前副部長戴李昂（Rudy deLeon）也在撤職之列。

其他被解職的委員還包括眾院前多數黨領袖康托爾（Eric Cantor）和前總統小布希（George W.  Bush）時期擔任財政部次長的麥考米克（David McCormick），這兩人都是2017年馬提斯（Jim Mattis）擔任國防部長期間被網羅加入委員會。這項人事命令立即生效。

此外，在前總統柯林頓（Bill Clinton）時期擔任司法部副部長的葛瑞里克（Jamie Gorelick）、說服利比亞放棄大規模殺傷性武器的美國前首席核談判代表喬瑟夫（Robert Joseph）、小布希時期的副國家安全顧問克勞奇（J. D. Crouch）及國防部前高級官員米勒（Franklin Miller）也都去職。

外交政策的消息來自3名現任與卸任官員，而國防部25日晚間也發表聲明，予以證實。一名國防官員說：「我們證實，本部國防政策委員會的一些委員已有異動，為考慮已久的變動之一。我們極為感謝他們對國家安全的一心效力、投入與貢獻，未來很快就會公布新任委員的人選。」

官員們指出，川普政府早已試圖改組委員會，安排華府建制派以外、效忠川普的人選取而代之，但遭到最近被革職的前國防部長艾斯培（Mark Esper）與前代理次長安德森（James Anderson）抗拒，這兩人都希望維持現有的委員會以確保政策連貫。本月稍早國防部人事大地震，艾斯培與安德森都已打包走人。

白宮打算延攬曾駕駛戰機飛越波士尼亞而被擊落的前空軍飛行員歐格雷迪（Scott O’Grady）加入委員會，以便提名他擔任國防部的高層職務；另一人選是川普的密切盟友、前眾院議長金瑞契（Newt Gingrich）。白宮反對被視為反川普派的退役海軍上將、美國前特種部隊指揮官歐森（Eric Olsen）、前國務卿萊斯（Condoleezza Rice），以及小布希主政時期的國防部副部長英格蘭（Gordon England）入列。

國防政策委員會由國防部的最高政策官員、即主管政策的次長督導，是最高軍事領導人在部內的專用智庫，就國防政策提供立場超然的意見。其成員包括卸任的軍事領導官員、國務卿、國會議員和其他高層外交官與外交政策專家。

 

Pentagon Purges Leading Advisors From Defense Policy Board    Foreign Policy20201125

It’s unclear why the Trump administration waited until its final months to shake up the influential group of outside experts advising top Pentagon leaders.

 

Several members of the top federal advisory committee to the U.S. Department of Defense have been suddenly pushed out, multiple U.S. officials told Foreign Policy, in what appears to be the outgoing Trump administration’s parting shot at scions of the foreign-policy establishment.

The directive, which the Pentagon’s White House liaison Joshua Whitehouse sent on Wednesday afternoon, removes 11 high-profile advisors from the Defense Policy Board, including former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright; retired Adm. Gary Roughead, who served as chief of naval operations; and a onetime ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, Jane Harman.  Rudy De Leon, a former chief operating officer at the Pentagon once considered by then-Defense Secretary James Mattis for a high-level policy role, will also be ousted. 

Also booted in today’s sweep of the board, which is effective immediately, were former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and David McCormick, a former Treasury Department undersecretary during the George W. Bush administration.  Both had been added to the board by Mattis in 2017.  Jamie Gorelick, a Clinton administration deputy attorney general; Robert Joseph, a chief U.S. nuclear negotiator who convinced Libya to give up weapons of mass destruction; former Bush Deputy National Security Advisor J.D. Crouch II; and Franklin Miller, a former top defense official, have also been removed. 

 

This story is based on interviews with three current and former officials.  In a statement late Wednesday, the Department of Defense confirmed the decision.  “As part of long-considered changes, we can confirm that several members of the Department’s Defense Policy Board have been removed,” a defense official said.  “We are extremely grateful for their dedicated service, commitment, and contributions to our national security.  Future announcements for new members of the board will be made soon.”

The board, overseen by the Pentagon’s top policy official, the undersecretary of defense for policy, serves as a kind of in-house think tank on retainer for top military leaders, providing independent counsel and advice on defense policy.  The Defense Policy Board includes former top military brass, secretaries of state, members of Congress, and other senior diplomats and foreign-policy experts.  The status of two other members of the panel—or who would replace the ousted members—was not immediately clear.

Officials said that the Trump administration had long tried to remake the board with figures seen as loyal to the president—and outside of the Washington establishment—but had received pushback from recently ousted Defense Secretary Mark Esper and acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy James Anderson, who sought to keep the board in place to allow for policy continuity.  Both Esper and Anderson were removed earlier this month in a purge of Pentagon officials. 

The White House had sought to add Scott O’Grady, a former Air Force fighter pilot shot down over Bosnia, to the board to prepare him to be nominated for a top Pentagon position, as well as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a close ally of President Donald Trump.  The administration had also vetoed adding retired Adm. Eric Olson, a former U.S. Special Operations Command chief, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, as well as Gordon England, a former deputy secretary of defense during the Bush administration, over perceived anti-Trump ties. 

“If they get treated like that, then who is going to want to volunteer?” a former senior Trump administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Foreign Policy. 

While the board has no tangible role inside the Pentagon in the policymaking process, it routinely advises senior military leadership on some of the top strategic national security threats facing the United States.  The board convened in October for classified discussions on formulating a long-term strategy toward China and deterrence in space, according to a notice from the Federal Register.  The meeting included briefings from the CIA, the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment, and other senior Pentagon policy officials.