Did Donilon say no? No one on Earth has better national security prowess.

Thomas E. Donilon (click here) is vice chair of the international law firm of O'Melveny & Myers, where he serves on the firm's global governing committee. Mr. Donilon is also senior director at the BlackRock Investment Institute. From 2010 to 2013, he served as national security adviser to President Barack Obama. In that capacity Mr. Donilon oversaw the National Security Council staff, chaired the cabinet level National Security Principals Committee, provided the president's daily national security briefing, and was responsible for the coordination and integration of the administration's foreign policy, intelligence, and military efforts....

He will never ask, who?

He knows Wall Street and Fannie Mae inside and out.

She needs to decide on her comfort level. To me Donilon is a lot of comfort.

I wish her the best of luck.