jeh johnson, you worked in the pentagon before you were at dhs, worked for secretary gates, you were chief counsel. you know how this building operates. i think the surprising thing to me this week was how public the split not a personal split but clearly a policy split on this withdrawal between our military leaders, both civilian and in uniform and the president. well, the difference of opinion is not uncommon. i was a little surprised that in their testimony the generals made no attempt to try to reconcile what they believed versus what the president said. i kind of know where it comes from. when anyone is up for confirmation before the senate armed services committee, which includes all the military, there s a questionnaire that they send the witness beforehand, and one of the questions is do you promise that you will always tell us everything we want to know, and the three- and four-stars in the building take that very, very seriously. so they answered the questions very str
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