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Schmidt Chairs Defense Innovation Board | The Daily Caller

Posted by M. C. on December 27, 2017

Google/Facebook/CIA. Is there a difference?

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/24/why-is-alphabet-ceo-eric-schmidt-technically-serving-in-the-department-of-defense/

 Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google parent company Alphabet, was appointed chairman of a Department of Defense program in 2016 that was established by former President Barack Obama’s administration.

A staunch supporter of the Democratic Party and critic of President Donald Trump, Schmidt still continues to lead the Defense Innovation Board (DIB), even well after the new administration took over in January. This begs the question: should Schmidt’s history of partisan advocacy and condemnation of Trump be a worrisome prospect for the current White House?…

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