They would serve under the command of a “viceroy,” who would coordinate all military strategy and report to the president. Prince’s views are popular with some inside the White House and on Capitol Hill, where he is scheduled to meet with 50 members of Congress next week. Well, I get calls from McMaster and from [then-White House chief strategist] Steve Bannon. The nature of the questions he asked made it clear that it was going to be an all-Army solution, period. I saw [Defense Secretary Jim] Mattis three weeks after that first meeting at the White House, and he just fired away with questions ― practical questions ― for an hour.

Source: Huffington Post August 31, 2017 19:41 UTC