
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…