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Group Of Senators Call On Tata To Withdraw His Nomination For Pentagon’s Top Policy Job

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, July 27th, 2020

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Group Of Senators Call On Tata To Withdraw His Nomination For Pentagon’s Top Policy Job

Ret. Army. Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, the White House's pick to serve as the next Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

A group of Democratic senators is calling on the White House’s pick to lead the Pentagon’s policy office to withdraw from consideration ahead of a hearing Thursday to consider his nomination. The lawmakers, half of which serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter Friday to Ret. Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata citing his previous incendiary remarks and also urging him to resign from his current role as a senior adviser to DoD. “Your record of offensive and…

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