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Originally Posted by rubberneck
If I am not mistaken there is a federal law that prohibits General Officers from serving as SecDef during the first 10 years of their retirement. It was brough up during the specualtion during the first Bush admin when someone mentioned Swartzkopf's name.
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It is
10 U.S. Code § 113(a): "There is a Secretary of Defense, who is the head of the Department of Defense, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. A person may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within 10 years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force."
Schwarzkopf, BTW