Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Dr. Ben Date:   12/6/2016 4:56:32 PM

I'm not sure what they mean by not qualified.  Very few political appointees have "experience" prior to being appointed. What you really need is common sense and the ability to  ask questions.  He'll have a legal staff, and other staff to advise him.  I suspect that he is smart enough to figure some things out.  He's really the point person to carry out the President's vision. 

In my next to last job, I was Director of a technical group of 40 plus engineers, most with at least Masters and some with PhDs in their particular engineering discipline.  I am not an engineer, but it wasn't my job to engineer - it was to keep them on track (and not wander off into some interesting technical concept), make sure they could talk to non-engineers and to present data is a logical and reasonable manner.  My job was to create an enviroment for them to work in that they could do their best work.  It's not rocket science or even brain surgery.