With clean sweep, Biden's Pentagon chief clears out Trump picks

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.MaddowBlog: With a clean sweep, Defense Sec. Austin clears out former President Trump’s Pentagon picks.

Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin speaks after being formally nominated to be Secretary of the Department of Defense on Dec. 9, 2020 in Wilmington, Del.The final weeks of Donald Trump's term were quite busy, and not just because the Republican spent an inordinate amount of time plotting against his own country's democracy. He also made more than a few personnel moves at the Pentagon.

Indeed, in his first big decision after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, the outgoing president fired then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper. As regular readers may recall, in the weeks that followed, Trump proceeded to oust a series of Pentagon officials whileIt was widely assumed that President Joe Biden's team would show the Trump acolytes the door.

It's worth emphasizing that some of the ousted board members predated the Trump era, but that helped justify the new secretary's move: Austin hasn't singled out appointees from the recent president; he's instead dismissed every member of every Pentagon advisory panel.

 

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