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Pentagon covertly puts conservative military influencers into US government positions - report

The records further showed that several of the retired officers are employed in the office of Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness Anthony Tata.

Senior military figures have been secretly appointed to government roles, according to a Pentagon operation revealed by The Washington Post. These experts, who served in the military for years, are being placed in positions that could sway policy, despite their civilian status. Rob Maness, Kurt Schlichter, and Thomas Anderson are among those mentioned, with Maness and Schlichter having significant online followings.

The Pentagon's Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, Anthony Tata, has overseen these appointments, which focus on issues like college ideology and vaccine policies.

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