A second top Pentagon official resigned this week after being passed over for a departmental promotion.
Kathryn Wheelbarger served in one of the Pentagon's top policy jobs before being nominated in February as deputy under secretary of defense for intelligence and security. However, the Senate never took up her nomination, and last week the White House instead submitted for the role Bradley Hansell, a former special assistant to the president and associate director at the Boston Consulting Group.
In a statement on Thursday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wheelbarger"brought a wealth of experience and the utmost professionalism to the department throughout her service." ABC News analyst Mick Mulroy, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East, called Wheelbarger"one of the hardest-working, smartest and most talented people I have worked with in government."
McCusker had served as the acting comptroller for more than 18 months and had been nominated by the White House to assume the post, but in March her nomination was withdrawn. At the time, critics alleged that it was done in retaliation for the role she played in the president's impeachment trial.
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