WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump loyalist and former Fox News commentator has been moved into the Pentagon’s top policy job, defense officials said Tuesday…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump loyalist and former Fox News commentator has been moved into the Pentagon’s top policy job, defense officials said Tuesday, just a few months after he failed to get through Senate confirmation because of offensive remarks he made, including about Islam. Officials said Anthony Tata, a retired Army one-star general, will be performing the duties of the undersecretary for defense policy. James Anderson, who had been acting undersecretary, resigned on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel issues. Tata’s move to the policy job came on Christopher Miller’s second day on the job as defense chief. The latest change sent reverberations through the building as nervous civilian and military personnel waited for the next shoe to drop.
