‘Free Beacon’ Montage: Obama’s Former Defense Secretaries Dismantle His Policies

‘You never tell your enemy what the hell you’re going to do!’

Obama’s Former Defense Secretaries Dismantle Obama’s Defense Policy (The Washington Free Beacon)

President Obama’s former Secretaries of Defense have a low opinion of the boss’ defense policy.

Robert Gates, who served in that position under Obama from 2009 to 2011, and his replacement Leon Panetta (2011 to 2013), sharply criticized Obama on everything from administrative methods to being too insular to fighting the Islamic State terrorist organization in speeches at the Reagan National Defense Forum November 15.

Gates said “micromanagement” under Obama was reminiscent of his time serving under another president–Lyndon B. Johnson, who “drove [him] crazy.”

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