Tag: Anthony Tata

Trump Suddenly Gives Top Defense Policy Job To Bigoted Crank Tata

A former Fox News commentator loyal to Trump has been moved into the Pentagon’s top policy job, only months after the Senate rejected his nomination due to numerous offensive and deranged comments he has made. 

Defense officials said that Anthony Tata, a retired Army one-star general, will be “performing the duties” of undersecretary for defense policy. His temporary appointment followed the resignation of James Anderson, who had been acting undersecretary, after Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday. 

The appointment of Tata came one day after Christopher Miller’s second day on the job as defense chief. Continue reading.

Trump’s ridiculous phone call with a Republican senator was recorded — and given to The New York Times

AlterNet logoSnowball-loving Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) promised President Donald Trump that he would kill any bill that would change the names of military bases currently named after Confederate generals.

According to the New York Times‘ Maggie Haberman, Trump called Inhofe while he was sitting in a Washington Italian restaurant Wednesday evening. Trump was so loud that the entire conversation was recorded by someone nearby.

“The conversation, overheard and recorded by someone in the room, ranged from a discussion about Anthony Tata, the retired Army brigadier general whose nomination for a top Pentagon policy position has become complicated, to Mr. Trump’s desire to preserve the name of Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general, on a military base,” said the report. Continue reading.

Armed Services panel cancels hearing for controversial Pentagon nominee

Retired general and Fox News contributor under fire for past inflammatory remarks

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday canceled at the last minute the nomination hearing for Anthony J. Tata, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to be the Pentagon’s policy chief.

Tata, a retired Army brigadier general and regular contributor to Fox News, once called former President Barack Obama a “terrorist leader.” It is unclear if the hearing will be rescheduled.

In a tweet, Senate Armed Services Chairman James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., said many lawmakers did not yet know enough about Tata to consider him for such a position at this time. Continue reading.