With Florida Sen. Bill Nelson suggesting President Obama militarize the Gulf spill cleanup, Bush security adviser Frances Townsend says our troops shouldn’t pay the price for federal incompetence.
Frances Townsend served as assistant to President George W. Bush for homeland security and counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security Council from May 2004 until January 2008. She previously served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for combating terrorism from May 2003 to May 2004. Most recently, she provided consulting services and advice to corporate entities on global strategic engagement and risk as well as crisis and contingency planning.
With Obama’s final decision on a troop surge in Afghanistan looming, Bush security adviser Frances Townsend argues that a lack of civilian support for the military may be our Achilles’ heel.