Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 794 Midterm Elections Approaching
"It's not that I overstepped my bounds, but you also understand that the Under Secretary of the Army is a civilian official!"

"Our ROTC cadets are military cadets. These are two completely different military career paths! In other words, ROTC cadets here will not help my dad very much! If he is an army staff officer Long, I wouldn't even say such a thing."

"Another point is that the Undersecretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army are both chief military or civilian adjutants of the Secretary of the Army, but the Secretary of the Army is also a civilian official."

"This means that the career paths of the undersecretary and the minister overlap! You should understand what this means, right?"

"It means that your father will threaten the position of Secretary of the Army"

Carter frowned slightly.
Seems to understand Rick's concerns a bit.
The upper-level organizational structure of the US military is very strange.First of all, the military commander is nominally the president. After all, the president of the United States is often tied to another position: the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Therefore, in the actual management of the army, the ceiling of the military position is the chief of staff of the military.As for the ministers of defense and military services, they are all civilian officials without military ranks!All photos are taken in suits, not military uniforms.
Taking the Department of the Army as an example, the U.S. Army Headquarters is divided into two management agencies: the Office of the Secretary (OSA) and the Army Staff (ARSTAF). On the side of the Office of the Secretary, all members are civilians.From the Secretary of the Army, the Deputy Secretary, to the Assistant Secretary, the Administrative Assistant to the Minister, the Attorney General of the Army, etc., all of them have no military positions.They also have no power to manage military training, combat, etc. They are only responsible for policy formulation, regulation formulation, and budgetary funds.
In peacetime, the power of the Secretary of the Army is greater than that of the Chief of Staff of the Army.But to be honest, the Minister of the Army can never be considered the boss of the army, is he the boss in name, in fact, the army does not have a boss!

In fact, the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army are just in charge of their own affairs, just like the Army Staff, all of them are officers in uniform
Daily training, military training, including the formulation of combat plans during wartime are all within the purview of the Army Staff. OSA has no right to interfere!

These two management and promotion routes can be described as distinct!

People on the staff department basically have no chance to transition to the minister's side as administrative civil servants, and it is basically impossible for OSA civil servants to transfer to the staff department to take up military positions.

Compared with the step-by-step procedure of the staff department, in the OSA part, because he is a civilian official.Their promotion space will be much larger. For example, the Secretary of the Army may be promoted to higher-level administrative departments such as the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Finance.In the same way, it is also possible for senior civilian officials of these other administrative units to be parachuted into the Ministry of War to serve as ministers
Even in addition to executive branch officials, members of the Senate or House of Representatives may be nominated for Secretary of the Army and thus transferred.
Combining these points, from the perspective of the degree of seat stability, the Secretary of the Army is actually not as stable as the Chief of Staff.So.
"Well, it's a bit too much to say, but Benderson is evil after all. Didn't he mention Mr. Bush just now! Think about it for yourself."

"Is this your dad who walked into Bush's door?"

hiss~
Carter seemed to understand a little bit.

Considering that both of them are from Yale, and they are both Republicans, it seems that they even had a relationship with each other before.
"It's not a secret, but it's true that my dad was promoted from assistant secretary of the army to deputy chief this time. Mr. Bush helped. It's no secret at the top, so my dad is the best now The best choice is to keep a low profile!"

Rick sighed, looking a little helpless:
"Think about it, the current minister Ben Desen is not from the Republican party, but he reacted faster before. He responded more positively to the policy of 'no flesh~root' that you said, and this is how he kept his position. In addition, after all, it was not long before he came to power, and Genzi was not good at making drastic changes. And at that time, the main focus was on economic issues. At that time, he supported Volker, and Genzi was actually under pressure. Well, that's about it! But it's .83. Two years, mid-term elections"

"Understood? This is a relatively sensitive period politically. My dad has already eaten the dividends from Yale and the family. Under the operation of Mr. Bush and his group, he basically booked the position of Under Secretary of the Army. This It’s already a great leap forward, now if he goes back to Yale to give lectures, he will send this out publicly.”

"What do you think Benderson and the others will think? What will they think? In such a sensitive period, it is hard to say whether it will stimulate Benderson. In case something goes wrong in the process, this is about to happen. All the deputy chiefs in my hand have to fly! So, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, buddy, but even if I tell my dad, I don’t think it will be possible!”

"OKOK, I understand when you say that!"

Walking slowly to Rick's side, he reached out and patted Rick's shoulder:

"I'm not a person who harms others and benefits myself. Since your father is in a special situation, I'm thinking of other ways! I heard a saying in China, 'Without Zhang Butcher, I still have to eat hairy pigs'?"

"Mr. Jimmy Carter, what do you think? Since TED's positioning is not just a non-profit organization serving Yale University, in theory, the speaker does not have to be from Yale University. Mr. Jimmy Carter, status Not low, and he...should be enthusiastic about this kind of thing!"

"Maybe he's inconvenient recently?"

Jimmy Carter is indeed a very good candidate.

It can be said that the status is high enough, and the other party's subjective initiative to participate in this kind of public welfare is also very strong.

"I originally planned to stabilize the Yale alumni first. After I have a stable output, I will consider talking to Mr. Carter, inviting him to give lectures, and continuing to expand my influence. Find him now, and I will Won't it be a little too urgent? And the recent...Tuskegee incident. I'm afraid it's not a good time for him to jump out at this time."

Perhaps because the mid-term elections are approaching, the recent period has been full of evil spirits.The so-called Tuskegee refers to a syphilis experiment authorized by the U.S. Department of Public Health in 1932 at Tuskegee College in Alabama.
Under the guise of "this is your last hope for treating syphilis", nearly [-] African-Americans were injected with syphilis without their knowledge by a means of deception
And after that, they were not even given any treatment!Even when penicillin was approved for syphilis in 1947, treatment was not provided to them.

This kind of human experiment carried out by deception was not exposed until 1972!
However, the results of the investigative committee back then were lackluster, and several successive governments have not responded positively to this matter.
At this time, the intention of revisiting the Tuskegee syphilis experiment is quite obvious!

(End of this chapter)