The number of high-level civilian vacancies at the Pentagon has hit a new high for the Trump administration as lawmakers raise concerns that the department doesn't haven't enough qualified people in place to tackle the biggest national security problems
“DoD Office of White House Liaison has shared multiple names with the White House and the White House has as well, with some overlap,” the official said. “DoD is in the process of interviewing the candidates but a decision has not been made on the finalist yet.”
Mara Karlin, a former Obama administration Pentagon official, acknowledged that the number of vacancies and officials serving in acting capacities “is pretty dramatic when considered historically,” though she noted that Esper “deserves credit for more actively and deliberately bringing OSD civilians to the table than either [former acting Defense Secretary Pat] Shanahan or Mattis did.”
Reed on Wednesday pointed to the top policy position for special operations and low-intensity conflict, which has been vacant since Owen West resigned in June. In October, Reed and other lawmakers wrote Esper expressing their concern about the department’s failure to fill that position — and never received an answer.
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