Trump withdraws nomination of controversial figure to Pentagon post
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[August 04, 2020]
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of
Anthony Tata, a retired Army brigadier general who has called former
President Barack Obama a "terrorist leader," to be undersecretary of
defense for policy, the White House said on Monday. |
President Donald Trump participates in an executive order signing event
on "hiring American" in the very dark Cabinet Room of the White House,
with the lights low and curtains drawn, in Washington, U.S., August 3,
2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst |
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The White House statement came a day after a
Pentagon spokeswoman said Tata, who failed to secure a Senate
confirmation hearing, had taken a different, less-senior policy
role at the Defense Department.
(Reporting by Lisa Lambert; Writing by Mohammad Zargham; Editing
by Leslie Adler)
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