Posted by Robert Archer in Questions for the Candidates - Rob’s Introduction
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Thanks for the reply, Rob.

Okay, so we’re not only talking about cabinet appointments, we’re talking about CO appointments as well. As I already established, every single President since I joined this club has included at least one person in their cabinet that a previous President didn’t. As for CO appointments, the last time we had a President who did not appoint a first-time CO it was James Sinclair when he served in 2019, and James only had a partial term he spent as President to work with.

So, every recent President has appointed not only at least one new cabinet member, but also at least one brand new CO. Did the President in your example appoint several brand new CO’s during the term in question and also have a lengthy history of mentoring less experienced members? I believe that is likely the case. If so, wouldn’t that be evidence that the President in the example did not tend to play favorites and cater to allies?

To answer your question about the President in my example? No they did not appoint several new CO’s during their term nor did they have always mentor people to the level I felt they could have when in the roles that provided such (Academy CO/XO/DH, or being a CO/XO/DH on a ship in this case).

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That doesn’t make sense to me, but if you don’t wish to say what exactly you’re talking about this is where I will leave this one.

Thanks for the dialogue.

Adam W.