Pentagon denies stonewalling Biden transition team
The Department of Defense said on Friday that a directive concerning transition team meetings, which had been reported as a Pentagon order to halt all cooperation, was a request for a temporary delay.
I remain committed to a full and transparent transition this is what our nation expects and the DoD will deliver, acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said in a statement intended to squash the claims.
The Axios report alleged that Miller ordered officials across the Pentagon to cancel scheduled transition team meetings. A senior DOD official told the Washington Examiner that no such order was issued.
Rather, a delay of Friday s meetings until after the holidays was requested to manage competing priorities.