at the very least perhaps this wasn t the intent, but he s getting someone who can run the building very, very effectively. his previous bosses, referred to his tenure both in the very unglamorous world of acquisition, technology and logistics and as deputy of defense secretary. as git who was down in the engine room, who really had his hands on the lever. he really understands how the building works two or three levels down and will be you can t you won t be able to bluff him on a policy issue o why something can t happen. he knows those processes. he s been in those jobs. doug, this will be the fourth secretary of defense under the obama administration in six years. in the past, he has seemed to surround himself with what i would describe as a team of rivals. what i mean by that, and that would include hillary clinton and most recently chuck hagel, of folks that don t always see eye to eye with the president on the strategy moving forward in the middle east and even asia. wha