Kinzinger interested in Air Force job
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks to the media in March at the White House in Washington.
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“If the president would determine I would be the candidate, the person that he wanted to lead the Air Force, I would strongly consider it,” Kinzinger, R-Channahon, told Fox News during the weekend.
Kinzinger, whose district includes Iroquois County, belongs to the Wisconsin Air National Guard and has flown missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
These days, Kinzinger is mostly supportive of Trump, including backing the president’s proposal to build a southern border wall. But he has been known to criticize some of Trump’s decisions, including the one to pull out troops from Syria.
In his successful 2010 election to Congress, Kinzinger criticized incumbent Democrat Debbie Halvorson for failing to hold town halls with constituents. In recent years, Kinzinger rarely holds such events with constituents, saying the “radical left” would disrupt them.
In March 2016, Kinzinger blamed the tone of the Republican presidential race on Trump, accusing him of “fourth-grade rhetoric” and “fourth-grade tweets.”
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, a former New Mexico congressman, is resigning May 31.
“The Air Force is going through a lot of transition,” Kinzinger, 41, told Fox News. “I think new-generation leadership would be great for it; as a military member myself, I understand why there’s a retention issue on pilots and stuff.”
After the 2016 election, Kinzinger said he didn’t vote for Trump, but refused to say who got his support. In an interview with the Ottawa Times last year, Kinzinger endorsed Trump.
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