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Pentagon

Pentagon Policy Leader Rood to Step Down at Urging of President

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, February 19th, 2020

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Pentagon Policy Leader Rood to Step Down at Urging of President

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John C. Rood hosts Georgian Minister of Defense Levan Izoria at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 20, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

The Defense Department’s top policy director submitted a letter of resignation Feb. 19 saying he will leave his post at the end of the month, stating plainly that his departure was prompted by President Trump. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy John Rood assumed his role in August 2018, and will be succeeded by James Anderson, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Jonathan Hoffman told reporters on Wednesday. Anderson, who was Senate-confirmed in August 2018 as the assistant secretary of…

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