luchtschip schreef op 10 november 2020 20:46:
Pentagon's top policy official James Anderson resigns this morning after clashing with the White House. Also comes one day after Trump terminated Esper
twitter.com/laraseligman/status/13261...On top of Anderson's departure, defense officials say Joseph Kernan, undersecretary of defense for intelligence, and Jen Stewart, Esper's chief of staff, will also be leaving the Pentagon as soon as Tuesday.
Official who once called Obama a ‘terrorist leader’ takes over Pentagon policy
The departure of James Anderson, acting undersecretary of defense for policy, potentially paves the way for Anthony Tata to take over the policy shop.
Anthony Tata, a retired brigadier general whose nomination for a top Pentagon job collapsed this summer due to Islamophobic tweets and other controversial statements, began overseeing policy for the Defense Department on Tuesday.
The move is part of a high-level civilian leadership shakeup that began on Monday when President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
A defense official confirmed that Tata, who had been performing the duties as the No. 2 for policy, is now running the organization following the Tuesday resignation of acting policy chief James Anderson, first reported by POLITICO.
Anderson was confirmed in June as the No. 2 policy official but had been acting in the top job. He had been expected to be asked by the White House to resign in the next few days.
Anderson stepped down after repeated disagreements with the White House personnel office, according to current defense officials and one former defense official, who predicted that Anderson will be the first of several departures in the wake of Esper’s firing.
www.politico.com/news/2020/11/10/pent...