Pentagon to Purge 42 Boards After Last-Minute Trump Appointments
- Lewandowksi, Bossie, Gingrich among those stripped of posts
- ‘The frenetic activity’ concerned Austin, his spokesman says
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a full review of at least 42 Pentagon advisory boards and committees over concern about a flurry of last-minute appointments of key loyalists in the waning days of the Trump administration.
“The frenetic activity that occurred to the composition of so many boards in just the period of November to January deeply concerned the secretary and certainly helped drive him to this decision,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters Tuesday.