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Trump directed controversial Pentagon pick into new role with similar duties after nomination failed

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A controversial Trump administration pick for a top Pentagon post has been placed into a senior role days after his nomination hearing was canceled amid bipartisan opposition to his nomination.

Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata has formally withdrawn his nomination to be the Defense Department undersecretary of defense for policy and has been designated "the official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy reporting to the Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson," a Pentagon spokesperson said in a statement. When the nomination hearing for Tata was canceled Thursday, President Donald Trump told aides the plan was to put him in a position he could have without a confirmation hearing, according to a source familiar with the discussions. The role he'll be in now is essentially the deputy of the role he had been nominated for.

Anthony Tata: Trump directed controversial Pentagon pick into new role with similar duties after nomination failed - CNNPolitics

Trump cannot get yet another appointee through the Senate-confirmation process through the REPUBLICAN-majority Senate.

What does he do instead? Make up a new position with similar responsibilities.

There is no limit to Trump's fascism. He would destroy our Republic if he could.
 
Anthony Tata: Trump directed controversial Pentagon pick into new role with similar duties after nomination failed - CNNPolitics

Trump cannot get yet another appointee through the Senate-confirmation process through the REPUBLICAN-majority Senate.

What does he do instead? Make up a new position with similar responsibilities.

There is no limit to Trump's fascism. He would destroy our Republic if he could.

After 90 days Tata can become another of Trumps "Acting" officials in the federal government.

"Acting" officials do not answer to Congress and is Trumps favorite tactic to avoid Congressional oversight.
 
"the official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy reporting to the Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson,"

Most of his material is made up of authoritarian Idiocracy-style stunts. This one is right up Kafka's alley.
 
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