| − | {{Quotebox|There was some very deliberate thinking that went into the placement of the office, that this had to be the [[Secretary of Defense]]'s think-tank to advise him on difficult strategic challenges...The Office of Net Assessment produced no net assessments to inform our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has produced no net assessment on Iran, for example. And so truly when you look at the the range of threats to the [[United States]], the office has actually avoided all those. There hasn't been a single net assessment over the last decade from this office...What it's become is a slush fund for politically connected contractors, the contracting system in the office and the system is utterly broken...The contractors chosen are not chosen for their ability to contribute to net assessments, which is really the reason why they should be chosen. They're chosen because they're the friends of the leadership...The leadership was put in place by President Obama. It leans [[left]]ward.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUjUnrPQlpo</ref>}} | + | {{Quotebox|There was some very deliberate thinking that went into the placement of the office, that this had to be the [[Secretary of Defense]]'s think-tank to advise him on difficult strategic challenges...The Office of Net Assessment produced no net assessments to inform our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has produced no net assessment on Iran, for example. And so truly when you look at the the range of threats to the [[United States]], the office has actually avoided all those. There hasn't been a single net assessment over the last decade from this office...What it's become is a slush fund for politically connected contractors. The contracting system in the office and the system is utterly broken...The contractors chosen are not chosen for their ability to contribute to net assessments, which is really the reason why they should be chosen. They're chosen because they're the friends of the leadership...The leadership was put in place by President Obama. It leans [[left]]ward.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUjUnrPQlpo</ref>}} |