DOD Panel: Next President to 'Likely' to Face Crisis in First 270 Days

[sabra]

http://defensenewsstand.com/insider.asp?issue=10242008sp

DOD Panel: Next President to 'Likely' to Face Crisis in First 270 Days

October 24, 2008 -- The next president is likely to face a major international crisis within his first nine months in office, according to a senior group of business advisers to the defense secretary.

Accordingly, the Defense Business Board says the new administration should set a goal to win Senate confirmation of key Pentagon posts in the first 30 days of the inauguration, in order to have a full team in place to deal with such a contingency.

Michael Bayer, chairman of the Defense Business Board and veteran Pentagon consultant, this week called for the next administration to move quickly to avoid encountering civilian leadership vacuums that often accompany political transitions.

“Prepare for a likely first 270 days crisis,” Bayer warns in an Oct. 23 briefing. “Too many presidents were ill prepared for this.”

Joe Biden, the Democratic ticket's vice presidential nominee, drew criticism earlier this week for suggesting that should he and Barack Obama prevail in the Nov. 4 election, U.S. adversaries will mount an attack of some kind to test the new president.

Bayer's briefing, presented yesterday to a public meeting of the Defense Business Board, recommends the future president elect and his advisers “set aside time in transition to identify the planning, gravitas and interagency process necessary to respond to a likely first-270-day crisis.”

[denverbill]

1. I can certainly think of 1 who was woefully unprepared.

Unfortunately, that one is still woefully unprepared, but he's leaving office in January.

[opihimoimoi]

2. If this is so...How can we trust McShadow? He will surely fuck it up as Bush did

:puke: :on him:

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. So, I guess Biden's comments weren't really "off base" at all now, were they?

I guess other people other people are seeing what he sees too. Of course, I hope that we don't have to pile on even MORE "crises" than those we are currently dealing with but I believe that Obama/Biden will be ready for anything (at least WAY more so than McCain/Palin)

[whistler162]

4. I believe this is a No Guano Sherlock statement. Also a prime

reason to vote for Obama!

Heck, McCain isn't even ready for the Republican Primary yet!