Colin McMillan, a former assistant secretary of defense, is a leading candidate for the Navy secretary job, sources tell InsideDefense.com. McMillan, who runs a New Mexico-based oil exploration company called Permian, was assistant secretary of defense for production and logistics in the early 1990s under President George Bush and his defense secretary, Dick Cheney. McMillan did not return three calls for comment by press time (May 2). The Navy job opened up after former Navy Secretary Gordon England left the...
