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Kamala Harris' campaign team has reportedly started vetting retired Admiral William McRaven, who helped oversee the May 2011 Navy SEAL raid which killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, as a potential 2024 running mate according to NBC News.
Citing an anonymous "source" the network reported Harris allies have been vetting candidates including McRaven, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. When approached for comment by a reporter from The Daily Beast McRaven said: "Any discussions between the campaign and myself must remain confidential."
Vice president Harris quickly established herself as the presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee after President Biden announced he was stepping aside from the race on Sunday, offering her his endorsement. After she secured enough support from delegates to the Democratic National Convention to formally secure the nomination, speculation turned to who Harris would pick as her running mate.
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During his career McRaven was commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command between 2008 and 2011, when he helped organize Operation Neptune Speak, the operation which led to bin Laden being shot dead in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. McRaven went on to serve as head of the United States Special Operations Command from August 2011 to 2014, then in 2015 became Chancellor of the University of Texas System holding the post for over three years.
Newsweek contacted Adm. William McRaven and a spokesperson for vice president Kamala Harris for comment on Thursday by email outside of regular office hours.
In October 2019 The New York Times published an article by McRaven entitled Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President, in which he argued the then president thought values such as opposing "oppression and injustice" were "unimportant or show weakness," and said it could be "time for a new person in the Oval Office."
According to Foreign Policy magazine President Biden considered making McRaven his defense secretary following his election, before instead opting for retired four-star general Lloyd Austin.
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As of Thursday morning U.K. based bookmaker William Hill had Senator Kelly as the firm favorite to be the Democrat's 2024 vice-presidential candidate with odds of 42.1 percent. He was followed by Governor Shapiro on 28.6 percent and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper with 16.7 percent. Notably McRaven wasn't included on the list of 28 potential VP candidates William Hill is currently offering odds on.
On Wednesday MSNBC reported that Senator Kelly, Governor Shapiro, Governor Cooper, Governor Beshear and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg were all being considered as potential 2024 Democratic running mates by Harris' team.
The New York Times surveyed 251 of the more than 3,000 delegates who will vote for the Democrats presidential candidate at the party's National Convention in August. It found Governor Shapiro had the most support as vice-presidential pick with the backing of 40 delegates, ahead of Kelly in second with 28.
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