A Pentagon official, Elaine McCusker, has submitted her resignation three months after the White House pulled her nomination to be the comptroller after she questioned the legality of the Trump administration's efforts to freeze military aid to Ukraine
A senior Pentagon official, Elaine McCusker, has submitted her resignation three months after the White House pulled her nomination to be the comptroller after she questioned the legality of the Trump administration's efforts to freeze military aid to Ukraine.
McCusker, who has been acting comptroller since last summer, submitted her resignation effective Friday, June 26, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Tuesday.“Since joining the Department of Defense Elaine has worked tirelessly to ensure that our budgeting and audit processes give full value to the taxpayer while meeting the enormous security needs of our nation as well as the men and women who serve it,” said Esper.
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