President Trump will nominate Anthony Tata, a retired Army brigadier general and frequent Fox News guest, to a top Defense Department job, according to Bloomberg News.
Tata, who has also authored several novels, will reportedly be tapped to be undersecretary of Defense for policy and replace John Rood, who was dismissed in February.
Tata has served in a number of roles since he left the military in 2009, including secretary of North Carolina’s Transportation Department, the CEO of the District of Columbia Public Schools and the superintendent of the Wake County public schools in North Carolina.
Rood drew headlines last year when he told Congress that Ukraine was eligible to receive $250 million in security assistance that was temporarily blocked by the Trump administration. The withholding of the aid was at the center of the impeachment investigation into President Trump.
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Trump appoints retired general, Fox News commentator to key Pentagon role: report https://t.co/fnqEMV7i4s pic.twitter.com/CkyttcT3pW
— The Hill (@thehill) April 23, 2020
This is…not optimal https://t.co/eqqULR9PrX
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 23, 2020
Or, put another way, the "nominee to be the next Undersecretary of Defense for Policy." To replace John Rood, a serious person who questioned holding back aid from Ukraine.
Let's see if maybe the Senate does its job and hahahahahahahaha
sorry https://t.co/kRXDsvLbLO
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 23, 2020
The Anthony Tata nomination is the kind of "you can't be serious" moment that guys like Jim Mattis were supposed to stop. People who voted for Trump in 2016 would have told you that this will never happen because of the adults in the room and all that.
Yet here we are.— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 23, 2020
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