Jeh Johnson’s opposition to President Obama’s decision to unilaterally use warplanes to drop bombs on Libya in June 2011 may have paid off., the Los Angeles Times reports. Johnson was general council at the Defense Department at the time, and advised Obama to get Congressional approval.
His advice has won him Republican fans.
On Wednesday, Johnson, President Obama’s pick to run the Department of Homeland Security,appears on the verge being confirmed, the LA Times reports.