http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/25557/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/chuck-todd-white-house-hopes-new-defense-secretary-will-be-bull-china-shop <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kyle-drennen">Kyle Drennen</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>During an NBC News special report on President Obama nominating Pentagon official Ashton Carter be the next secretary of defense, <em>Meet the Press</em> moderator Chuck Todd advanced White House talking points that the President really wanted someone who would challenge the administration on foreign policy: <strong>"...they claim they want him to be more confrontational with the White House national security team....I have aides tell me they want Ashton Carter to be a bull in a china shop if necessary and be that person."</strong></p><div class='signature'><p>— Kyle Drennen is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/kjdrennen" target="_blank">Follow Kyle Drennen on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/chuck-todd-white-house-hopes-new-defense-secretary-will-be-bull-china-shop" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Ashton Carter Chuck Todd Defense Department Kristen Welker NBC Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:18:44 +0000 kyle.drennen 47794 at http://archive2.mrc.org