{"id":86877,"date":"2020-12-18T18:50:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T18:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/18\/row-explodes-between-pentagon-biden-transition-team\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:14:52","slug":"row-explodes-between-pentagon-biden-transition-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/18\/row-explodes-between-pentagon-biden-transition-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Row explodes between Pentagon, Biden transition team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. acting defense secretary has canceled planned meetings between Defense Department officials and the Biden transition team<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a move the department is categorizing as a temporary delay rather than a wholesale blockade of the incoming administration. But a spokesman for the Biden team said the transition officials are \u201cconcerned\u201d about \u201can abrupt halt to the already limited cooperation\u201d in the Department of Defense, and he accused the Pentagon of issuing a false statement about an agreed upon pause in work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The halt comes days after a major hack of government agencies, including the Pentagon, has left the department scrambling to understand the potential damage<\/a>, much of which will be dealt with by the incoming administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios first reported<\/a> Friday morning that acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, who was installed at the Pentagon days after the Nov. 3 election, had ordered scheduled meetings to be canceled. After the initial report, the Pentagon pushed back, saying the pause was a rescheduling of meetings for Friday due to \u201ccompeting priorities\u201d for officials, and that meetings would open up again in the new year, following what was described as a planned two-week Christmas break.<\/p>\n\n\n\t