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On 12/18, the US Department of Defense announced, the agency is overwhelmed by the volume of meetings in transition and will be rescheduled after the New Year holidays. A day earlier, Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered officials to cancel scheduled transition meetings.
“After the two parties have agreed to pause, starting tomorrow, we will continue the transition and reschedule meetings starting today. There is no way the Department of Defense will cancel the transition meetings. “ associated Axios he quoted the statement from the acting Secretary of Defense.
The Acting Secretary of Defense of the United States, Chris Miller. (Photo: AP)
According to the AxiosActing Secretary of Defense Chris Miller’s decision stunned Department of Defense employees. A senior Defense Department official denied the move was a “delay” by the Trump administration, he said. “We remain committed to an efficient transition.” More than 20 meetings have been scheduled after the New Year.
Employees were “overwhelmed by the number of meetings,” the Pentagon official said. “Senior Pentagon officials have to go about their daily tasks and are overwhelmed by transition operations … We will suspend the transition for two weeks,” Axios Officials from the US Department of Defense Cited.
Chris Miller was appointed to the post of Acting Secretary of Defense on September 11 after Pentagon Chief Mark Esper was fired. A number of officials from the United States Department of Defense also resigned following the departure of Mr. Mark Esper.
