DefSec Nominee Shows Opportunities for Senior Military Retirees

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Retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis, nominated for DefSec, has received millions of dollars of income since leaving the military from Goldman Sachs, Northrop Grumman, Theranos, Stanford University, and General Dynamics. The  documents, required for his confirmation hearings, provide a window into the financial opportunities for a retired senior military leader and complicate his appointment to be the Pentagon’s senior civilian leader, reports Stars and Stripes.

Confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees began this week. John Kelly, nominated to head the Homeland Security Department, told senators he would “rapidly” deport illegal immigrants calling a porous border the biggest threat to the US, reports The Washington Times.

CNN takes a quick look at Trump’s complex business network and reports experts find the only way to unravel conflicts would be a complete separation of the Trump businesses from the White House.

In the looming confirmation fights ahead, Senate Minority Leader Charles Shumer is using Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s own words against him, word for word in the form of sending the Kentucky Republican’s own 2009 letter outlining nomination requirements, reports The Hill.

A group of moderate Senate Republicans introduced an amendment to give Republicans additional time to repeal Obamacare, reports Politico. Sens. Susan Collins, Bob Corker, Lisa Murkowski, Bill Cassidy, and Rob Portman want to extend the deadline.

Pakistan successfully tests a submarine-launched cruise missile, reports Defense News.

To compensate delays in getting the USS Zumwalt to San Diego, in-transit testing and modifying the destroyer’s combat system is catching up the timetable, reports Warrior.

SunTrust released findings that show at least some of the time one-third of households with incomes of $75,000 or more live paycheck to paycheck, reports NBC News. And one-fourth of those with incomes of $100,000 or more do the same.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, will focus more on the “reform” part of his job description, reports GovExec. The congressman leads oversight of the federal workforce and seeks to make sweeping reforms to federal employees’ retirement benefits, job security, and even the location of their offices.

Fox News settles another sexual harassment case, this one against Bill O’Reilly, a popular show host on Fox, brought by on-air personality Juliet Huddy, reports Bloomberg.