Pentagon funded study warns of the problems of an aging cohort of officials and politicians
While no spring chicken, I can understand the concerns regarding maintaining large numbers of elderly folk in positions of great responsibility. It certainly appears from a once time resident to be a problem in US politics. In 2017, Vox reported that a pharmacist had filled Alzheimer’s prescriptions for multiple members of Congress
. https://theintercept.com/2023/09/12/national-security-dementia-mcconnell-feinstein
