Meet the Man Who Will Be Slashing the Pentagon's Bloated Budget -- Gordon Lubold, Foreign Policy
After months of feverish speculation about who would succeed Ash Carter as the Pentagon's No. 2, former Marine colonel and current think tank chief Bob Work appears to have won the job and gone into pre-nomination mode, declining invitations to give speeches or take part in other public events -- a sure sign in Washington that someone's about to get the nod.
Work, the chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security, will be nominated by the White House as the new deputy secretary of defense by the end of the week, possibly Thursday, U.S. officials tell Foreign Policy. That will leave Work with one of the most difficult jobs imaginable: slashing the Pentagon's bloated budget and pushing back against the powerful lawmakers and senior military officials who will do all they can to preserve the status quo.
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Update #1: Bob Work: The Ax Man Cometh -- Foreign Policy
Update #2: Bob Work Expected To Be Named Deputy SecDef -- Defense One
Update #3: Bob Work expected to succeed Ash Carter at DOD -- Washington Business Journal
My Comment: Here is an easy prediction .... because he is going to control the "purse" Bob Work is probably going to be the Pentagon's key man for the next few years.
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