After Anthony Tata withdrew from the nomination process the Pentagon said he will instead serve as an “official performing the duties of the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy”
The Trump administration named a retired Army general to a top Pentagon policy job on an acting basis after his nomination to a similar position stalled last week in the Senate, a move that some lawmakers denounced as a White House bid to skirt the confirmation process.
President Trump had nominated Anthony Tata, 60, a retired brigadier general, as undersecretary of defense for policy, the No. 3 official at the Pentagon. But the Senate Armed Services Committee canceled his confirmation hearing Thursday amid concerns expressed...
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