WASHINGTON — Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, a longtime State Department official who joined the Pentagon in 2018, has left her position as senior adviser for international cooperation, Defense News has learned.
Her departure represents the fifth high-level official at the Defense Department to either exit or announce plans to leave the Pentagon in just the last week.
Kaidanow stepped down from her role on Dec. 16, department spokesman Lt. Col. Michael Andrews told Defense News. Michael Vaccaro, the department’s director for international armaments cooperation, will serve as the acting senior adviser.
“The department remains committed to the development and implementation of international cooperative programs and defense exportability efforts to foster cooperation with U.S. allies on research, development, production and support of weapons systems and related equipment,” Andrews said in a statement. “The department will not provide anything further on this personnel matter.”
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Update: Fifth Pentagon official announces resignation in seven days (The Hill)
WNU Editor: Most of these resignations are political appointees who are leaving after 2-3 years. That is nothing new. And in a bureaucracy that has hundreds of such appointees, not surprising. But you never want to see good people go.
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A typical military job rotation is 2 or 3 years. The civilians model themselves somewhat on the military. So these job rotation are just that.
Should Trump retain them?
With as many leaks and as much skulduggery would you retain them?
Most of these are perfectly good people. Others have spoiled the banquet for them.
For example Trump left Masha in place and she shit all over him.
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