[hga]

Previous discussion on why normal, "experienced" very much in the wrong way people were not picked for this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13040395

TL;DR: "neo-cons" + Reagan's 1980 transition staff are all probably dead or seriously retired by now.

[dragonwriter]

Traditionally experienced conservative, but non-neoconservative, defense experts are not particularly hard to find, even with the neoconservative domination of the Bush-era national security apparatus.

OTOH, it might be that finding such people willing to work for Trump's team may be quite difficult.