Daniel Driscoll: “The civilian leadership, the design of our system is that…”

“There is no person that has more respect for General George and his 42 years of service, his Purple Heart, his wife Patty, their grandkids, their kids. I adore them. And he was an amazing transformational leader. That being said, The civilian leadership, the design of our system is that they get to pick the leaders that they want and we execute on those orders. And what I can say about General Leave sitting beside me is his family is, his kids are in serving now. He served 35 years, has led a lot of our most important formations.” (01:45–01:53)

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