Chapter 287: 135, Taft Family 3

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"Of course, General Pan Xing has always been a general I greatly admire!" Donnie said with satisfaction.

Although the Constitution of the United States stipulates that the appointment of the Secretary of War is signed by the President, in reality, there is a very large gap between the military and the government in the United States.

Otherwise, Donnie would not be thinking about leveraging his relationship with Marshall, despite having Harry's connection, to solve his problems.

Although General Pan Xing had not been officially appointed as the United States Army Chief of Staff, he was already effectively the top person in the U.S. Army.

The National Government of the United States has always been quite dissatisfied with the military's separate lineage and hoped to allow more non-combat personnel to enter the senior ranks of the military.

Therefore, in 1899, the National Government and the newly appointed Secretary of War, Elihu Root, reached a consensus of interests.