It is not the Republic that focuses on Japan, but the United States...

After the North Korean interim government issued a diplomatic statement, Frederick invited Westwood to the White House. In another half a month, Westwood will enter the White House.

According to relevant laws, Westwood must complete the work of forming a cabinet one week before taking office.

The biggest problem with forming a cabinet is not to select more than 30 important officials, including one minister, but to allow the president-nominated cabinet members to receive a majority support in both houses of Congress.

Unlike when Frederick formed the cabinet, the Democratic Party represented by Westwood failed to occupy multiple seats in Congress.

Because the president cannot interfere in all state affairs at all times. In addition to major decisions, most government work is handled by senior cabinet officials headed by the Secretary of State. Therefore, the candidates for cabinet officials determine the basic policies of the government and the fundamental interests of various interest groups.

Westwood has been staying in Washington since December 2024.

In addition to occasionally participating in public events and discussing major matters with Frederick, Westwood's main job is to discuss and determine cabinet candidates with party leaders, leaders of the two houses of Congress, and major interest groups.

Because the Secretary of State is the "leader" of the cabinet, the first thing to determine is the candidate for the Secretary of State.

Generally speaking, the president will nominate a person with outstanding abilities, strong skills, close ties with major groups and deeply trusted by the public as Secretary of State. Albright of Clinton, Powell and Rice of Bush Jr., Lynch of Jabel and Rodick, and Leslie of Frederick are all talented Secretary of State. In the outside world's words, a good president is not as good as a good secretary of state. This shows the importance of the Secretary of State in the political situation of the United States.

After several rounds of consultations, Westwood nominated Philip Rudling was supported by the majority of Congress.

As early as a year ago, when Japeer was elected president, Bruderlin had the opportunity to become the youngest secretary of state in American history at the age of only a year. At that time, Bruderlin refused Japeer's invitation and decided to stay in Georgia as governor. This once made many people feel incredible. From the perspective of the present, Bruderlin's choice was not wrong. Perhaps as early as 1c, Bruderlin had seen that Japeer not only would not lead the United States out of the crisis, but would also drag the United States into the abyss.

In order to convince the politicians who have been governors for 18 years to join the cabinet, Westwood "visited three times" and was almost "breaking the iron hoof".

Brudering served as Secretary of State. Westwood's internal and external policies were basically established.

Unlike most American politicians, Brudering never advocates confrontation with China, or even opposes blockade, encirclement and suppress China. Advocates to improve relations with China and jointly establish a new world order. After the outbreak of the global Great Depression, Brudering visited China five times within three years and improved relations with China as much as possible. According to the local data released by the state government, from 20177 to 2024, in the eight years since the US economy shrank by nearly 17 places, Georgia's economy grew by 72%. Although the annual growth rate is less than 1%, it can be regarded as a miracle among miracles.

In terms of economy, Brudering has always advocated restoring market order under government policy guidance and limited intervention. He firmly opposed the use of trade barriers, trade sanctions and other means to block the channels for other countries' goods into the US market. He even opposed the destruction of the principle of free trade in the name of protecting the US economy and place.

Military, Brudering advocates a "limited defense policy", that is, based on ensuring US national security, try to use existing resources to enhance US national defense strength, avoid arms races with major powers such as China, Russia, and enhance military exchanges and military mutual trust with all countries, including China, and fundamentally ensure US security by establishing a "global collective security system".

Overall, Brudering's political propositions were more active and enlightened and pragmatic.

In addition to Brudering, the confirmed cabinet members include Minister of Economics Ferra, Minister of Labor Takaka Kitajima (Japanese), Minister of Finance Rafael (black), Minister of Industry Dobring and others. Among the several key ministers, the only one that is not confirmed is the Pentagon landowner - Minister of Defense.

According to the Democratic Party’s tradition, the two candidates for defense ministers nominated by Westwood are all "civilians".

Both houses of Congress have rejected two nominations, and most members, including some Democratic MPs, believe that a retired general should be selected as Secretary of Defense to deal with various unexpected situations, promote military reforms, and lay the foundation for building a military that is sufficient to defend national security and national interests.

Westwood's third submission is still a "civilian" and not a retired general.

It seems that Westwood does not intend to give in to anyone or any force when it comes to the election of Secretary of Defense.

The president's "confrontation" with Congress has attracted high attention from major American news media, including the Republic in the mainland, and other countries with close ties to the United States.

In the US Cabinet, the Secretary of Defense is second only to the Secretary of State and is the main decision-maker of defense policy.

Westwood firmly nominated a "civilian" and clearly wanted to get rid of the influence of the army and arms group and adopt a more moderate foreign policy. Congress led by the Republican Party "hope" the president's nomination

, indicating that the arms interest groups do not want to throw away the big cake they have.

The United States' military reform is at a critical stage, and the policy direction will determine the fate of dozens of major military research.

b-x bomber, abf fighter, naf naval carrier-based air combat fighter, c-xx transport aircraft, ex multi-purpose air command system, kcee future air supply platform, a force i air unmanned combat platform, arh-xx future armed helicopter, v-x joint rotary wing combat platform, m-xx advanced main battle tank, agss future armored platform system, mat advanced individual tactical weapon system, cv-0011 future maritime aviation combat platform, cg-xx multi-mission large-scale maritime combat platform, ddg-xx future missile destroyer, cg-xx advanced multi-purpose maritime combat platform, s1 future underwater combat platform, etc., weapon projects under development or about to be launched require strong policy support.

It is hard to imagine that a civil servant who is good at calculating would invest trillions of research and development funds in so many military projects.

The time left for Westwood is less than 1, to be precise, the time left for both houses of Congress is less than 1. The president "confronts" with Congress, and the one who ends up losing must be Congress, not the president.

Generally, the president and Congress will compromise on each other on the last day of the deadline. Congress supports the president's proposal of Secretary of Defense, and the president promises to arrange candidates for Congress in several important positions in the Ministry of Defense.

The list of cabinet personnel is not the only problem Westwood needs to solve.

“That is, China is accelerating its pace?”

Frederick nodded and said, "It was previously expected that China would bomb Jeju Island in seven days. Now it seems that it will be at least twenty-four hours in advance, and the landing time is likely to be ahead of eight days in advance."

"What is Japan's attitude?" Westwood rubbed his temples.

Although he is more than 0 days away from taking office, Westwood basically replaced Frederick in major decisions.

After confirming that China would attack Jeju Island in advance, Westwood took the initiative to propose "torr Japan into the water". The method was also thought of by the president-elect: send submarines into the Yellow Sea, disperse China's submarine forces, ensure the safety of Japan's strategic nuclear submarines, and provide Japan with the courage to send troops to the Korean Peninsula.

Frederick smiled bitterly and said, "There is still no response, Murakami Sasaki did not give us a positive answer."

"What the hell does he want?" Westwood gritted his teeth and said, "If Japan does not send troops, we can only watch China sweep the Korean Peninsula."

"I have made Cia ready to let Yoo Zongchun leave South Korea at any time."

"It's not the time." Westwood breathed a long sigh, "We must try our best to get Japan to join the war."

"Unless we promised all the conditions proposed by Sasashi Murakami and had to be prepared for worse, Japan would definitely not send troops."

Westwood smiled bitterly and said, "You are right. Murakami Satoshi is determined to be neutral. Even if we meet the conditions offered by Japan, he will still put forward new requirements, and even ask us to transfer several strategic nuclear submarines and dozens of strategic bombers."

Frederick sneered, not saying anything more.

"If necessary, we should try to overthrow Sasaki Murakami."

"Military coup?"

Westwood nodded, saying that this is what it means.

"It's too late to do it now." Frederick did not take into account the idea of ​​being elected president, nor did he give the elected president much face. "Behind Sadashimasa Murakami is the Murakami family, which is deeply rooted in the Japanese army. The chances of a successful military coup are very slim. Even if the coup is successful and the overthrow of Murakami Sadashimasa Murakami will fall into civil strife, and even an unprecedented civil war will break out. No matter what the Japanese civil war looks like, China is probably the happiest one? Even if the civil war does not break out, the newly-entered rulers quickly suppressed the army supporting Sadashima Murakami. It will take several months for Japan to complete the war preparations. Will China delay the Peninsula War for several months? If so, China will not attack Jeju Island before attacking Seoul."

Although Westwood is a little angry, he has to admit Frederick's analysis.

Before Westwood could speak, the phone rang on the table.

Frederick was late and picked up the microphone. "I am Frederick...what...I understand, hold a cabinet meeting immediately...yes, come to the White House immediately, I will ask the secretary to notify other officials...Okay, I will ask the secretary to prepare...yes, fifteen minutes later."

Seeing Frederick's expression, Westwood knew something bad happened.

Putting down the microphone, Frederick smiled bitterly and said, "The Tokyo garrison troops surrounded the 'military headquarters'. Murakami Satoshi returned to the Prime Minister's Office under the cover of the guards. The important members of the 'military headquarters', including several generals, were secretly taken away by the garrison troops. Without any question, Murakami Satoshi was much more powerful than we imagined."

Although Westwood was usually calm, he still looked extremely shocked at this time. (To be continued,)

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