Many Senior Roles At The Pentagon Remain Vacant Or Filled By Temporary Officials

[longknife]

Here’s the list of the 18 as reported by CNN:

Secretary of defense: Mark Esper

Deputy secretary of defense: David Norquist

Chief management officer of the DoD: Lisa Hershman

Under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness: James Stewart

Deputy under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness: Vacant

Inspector general of the DoD: Glenn Fine

Director of cost assessment and program evaluation: Yisroel Brumer

Assistant secretary of defense for health affairs: Thomas McCaffery

Assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs: Katie Wheelbarger

Assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs: Virginia Penrod

Assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological defense program: Alan Shaffer

Assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low intensity conflict: Mark Mitchell

Secretary of Army: Ryan McCarthy

Under secretary of the Army: James McPherson

Assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations and environment: Lucian Niemeyer

General counsel of the Department of the Navy: Garrett Ressing

Secretary of Air Force: Matt Donovan

Under secretary of the Air Force: John Roth

How many of these are actually important for the smooth running of DOD?


And is President Trump leaving some with temporary people to evaluate their performance?

From 18 senior Pentagon roles filled by temporary officials or vacant - CNNPolitics

 

[JoeB131]

Trump only hires the best people.