{"id":24979,"date":"2020-06-24T15:49:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T15:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/24\/republicans-eye-meeting-on-troubled-pentagon-policy-nominee\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:08:02","slug":"republicans-eye-meeting-on-troubled-pentagon-policy-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/06\/24\/republicans-eye-meeting-on-troubled-pentagon-policy-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans eye meeting on troubled Pentagon policy nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 With support eroding for President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for the Pentagon\u2019s top policy job, Senate Armed Services Committee Republicans are planning an emergency meeting to discuss the fate of the nomination, congressional sources say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, a Fox News contributor and staunch ally of the president, has been under fire since his nomination, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/15\/politics\/tata-pentagon-nominee-kfile\/index.html\" target=_blank>CNN revealed<\/a> since-deleted tweets from 2018 in which Tata made derogatory comments about Democrats. They included calling President Barack Obama \u201ca terrorist leader\u201d and calling Islam the \u201cmost oppressive violent religion I know of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tata once reportedly tweeted at former CIA Director John Brennan: \u201cMight be a good time to pick your poison: firing squad, public hanging, life sentence as prison b*tch, or just suck on your pistol. Your call. #Treason #Sedition #crossfirehurricane #Obamagate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tata has since disavowed those and other inflammatory remarks in a recent letter to leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, since obtained by multiple news outlets. But a half-dozen Democrats on the panel had already announced their opposition to him serving in the Defense Department\u2019s No. 3 job, while at least two retired generals this week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/18\/politics\/pentagon-nominee-tata-former-generals\/index.html\" target=_blank>pulled <\/a>their support for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SASC Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. \u2014 whose reelection campaign Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tulsaworld.com\/news\/trump-offers-endorsements-for-oklahoma-republican-congressional-members-on-twitter\/article_b9e5aa2f-588f-5743-a1e0-5e0766523998.html\" target=_blank>endorsed<\/a> this week \u2014 has been under pressure from the president to hold a nomination hearing for Tata despite the controversy, according to multiple sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To assess the viability of Tata\u2019s nomination, Inhofe plans to host a meeting for Republicans on the panel to gauge support for confirmation and provide feedback to the White House. As of Tuesday, no date for the meeting had been set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The controversy comes at a politically sensitive time for the committee, as Inhofe and seven of the 14 other SASC Republicans are running for reelection in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional sources said several Republican members do not want a public hearing for Tata, particularly ahead of a long summer recess where they could face questions from constituents about the problematic nominee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve heard the same thing you\u2019ve heard, and for that reason we\u2019re going to make a decision,\u201d Inhofe <a href=\"https:\/\/lite.cnn.com\/en\/article\/h_f330e0d965d122615b8c8154f1a8fffc\" target=_blank>told CNN<\/a> last week when asked about his plans for the confirmation process. \u201cI don\u2019t want to say it disqualifies him and we\u2019re not going to consider him, but I\u2019m saying that got our attention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Republicans, backing Tata could mean defending a presidential pick who has evinced intolerance to Islam at a time when the military and the rest of the country is reckoning with America\u2019s painful legacy of discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If confirmed by the Senate, Tata would lead defense policy planning and public diplomacy initiatives, foster relations between the Department of Defense and foreign countries, and be the DoD\u2019s lead on interagency policy matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tata\u2019s predecessor, John Rood, had held a range of high-level national security jobs in government. (Rood was ousted in the fallout from Trump\u2019s Ukraine military aid impeachment.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans would likely have to unify to confirm Tata\u2019s nomination without Democrats, and they\u2019re facing a public outcry about the politicization of the military, prompted by Trump\u2019s remarks about using active-duty troops to deal with protests against racial inequality and police abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for all the potential political risk to Republicans, Tata, if confirmed, would almost certainly only serve a few months if Trump isn\u2019t reelected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not a lifetime judicial appointment when members are willing to take a tough vote,\u201d said a former senior defense official. \u201cThis would be a vote for someone who might not even be around in six months. It is hard to see how he ever gets to a vote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the White House previously pulled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/02\/05\/nominee-for-top-pentagon-personnel-job-out-after-controversy-over-past-writings\/\" target=_blank>other <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/05\/05\/army-secretary-nominee-mark-green-officially-drops-out\/\" target=_blank>Pentagon nominees<\/a> after their inflammatory public remarks surfaced, the administration has not budged on Tata, even after weeks of revelations about his controversial comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/23\/politics\/kfile-tata-conspiracy-theory\/index.html\" target=_blank>CNN reported<\/a> still more troubling remarks. Tata repeatedly spread conspiracy theories that Brennan tried to overthrow Trump and have him assassinated; and that then-President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama engaged in \u201cborderline treasonous\u201d behavior by expressing their dismay over a Trump presidency during the transition period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With other pressing business facing the committee, senators may opt to ignore the issue instead of directly dealing with the controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is pressure to do it, but for now the nom is dead in the water,\u201d said Mackenzie Eaglen, a former House and Senate staffer on defense issues, now with the American Enterprise Institute. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s easy for members to blame other additional causes beyond the inflammatory stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With support eroding for President Trump\u2019s nominee for the Pentagon\u2019s top policy 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