Pentagon policy chief, John Rood.
The senior Pentagon official had faced pressure to resign from key figures who lost confidence in his ability to carry out the administration’s agenda, according to multiple administration officials who requested anonymity to speak about Rood’s departure.
Stars & Stripes
Did he have too much integrity?
He was the official who certified in May to Congress that Ukraine was eligible to receive $250 million in security assistance. That aid was blocked temporarily by the White House, a decision at the center of the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Wow. That is damned petty. Maybe if Trump had told him not to certify it and he did it anyway. Is that what happened? Or did he just make an honest determination and certification when asked by Congress to do so?
Trump officials considered Rood a bureaucrat who would delay execution of the president’s policies. Trump likes his directives to be implemented rapidly and national security aides believed Rood never fully agreed with the president’s positions, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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In July, Rood’s deputy, David Trachtenberg, resigned after less than two years. The departure of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Randall Schriver was announced in December. He had been in the role since January 2018.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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