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The Washington Examiner reports:
Anthony Tata, the president’s nominee to be the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, apologized for inflammatory remarks he made in the past and promised to be “apolitical” if he’s confirmed to his position. Tata, a retired Army Brigadier General, faced scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday for those previous remarks, which halted his appointment to be the undersecretary of defense for policy during Trump‘s first term.
He previously called former President Barack Obama a “terrorist leader,” accused the Obamas of engaging in “borderline treasonous” behavior for expressing their disappointment with a Trump presidency, and said that former the president “is a Muslim” seeking to “support a regime (Mullahs) that sponsors anti West hatred and violence using money US unfroze or gave,” in a reference to Iran. Democrats on the committee repeatedly asked about those remarks and expressed their concerns that he may further those feelings in the role.
From my August 2020 report:
President Donald Trump has installed a nominee for a top Pentagon job in a senior Department of Defense post on a temporary basis after lawmakers abruptly canceled his confirmation hearing last week amid lingering questions about his fitness for the role.
Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, a novelist, former state government official and Fox News regular, withdrew Sunday from consideration to be undersecretary of defense for policy, a position that requires Senate confirmation, the Pentagon said in a statement emailed to POLITICO Sunday.
Since Trump announced his intent to nominate Tata earlier this year, the former Army general has been widely criticized for tweets calling former President Barack Obama a “terrorist leader” and referring to Islam as the “most oppressive violent religion I know of,” among other controversial statements.
Watch Sen. Elizabeth Warren tear into him.