White House to Interview Defense Officials in Perceived Loyalty Test
Source: Foreign Policy
EXCLUSIVE
White House to Interview Defense Officials in Perceived Loyalty Test
Interviews with political appointees at the Pentagon raise fears of another purge.
BY JACK DETSCH, ROBBIE GRAMER | JULY 3, 2020, 1:50 PM
A pair of 20-something White House staffers will begin conducting interviews with political appointees at the Defense Department starting next week, three current and former U.S. officials told Foreign Policy, a move that some fear could lead to more dismissals of Pentagon officials considered disloyal to President Donald Trump.
The White House liaison office sent an email to political appointees at the Pentagon on Wednesday, inviting officials to schedule a meeting with representatives from the Presidential Personnel Office (PPO). The message, described in detail to Foreign Policy, touts the meetings as a platform for noncareer officials to show off their credentials for a position in a possible second Trump term.
Advertised as “office calls,” the meetings over the course of several weeks will include each political appointee in the Pentagon, from presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed appointees to their subordinates, according to the email. “This is an opportunity for each appointee to discuss their career and interests for 2021 and beyond,” the email said.
The interviews will be conducted by two subordinates of John McEntee, Trump’s former body man who now runs the personnel office: John Troup Hemenway, an undergraduate student at the University of Virginia, and Jordan Hayley, who graduated from Liberty University in June and heads up PPO’s external relations. Politico first reported in April that Hayley had joined PPO, after Hemenway was brought on in March. (1) (2)
(1) https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/democrats-blast-trump-federal-workers-coronavirus-199026
(2) https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/17/opm-chief-resigns-134541
Read more: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/03/white-house-defense-department-purge-political-appointees-loyalty-test/
Troup Hemenway and Jordan Hayley made an appearance at DU a few months back. I'll see if I can find that.
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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.
Pentagon Appointees To Face Trump Loyalty Tests
July 3, 2020
https://www.joemygod.com/2020/07/pentagon-political-appointees-to-face-trump-loyalty-tests/
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Please note that these are political appointees we are talking about, not career civil servants.
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