Three Senior Pentagon Officials Leave in Quick Succession
Departures come amid speculation that Defense Secretary Mattis is on his way out.
By Lara Seligman, Robbie Gramer | October 31, 2018, 2:14 PM
The U.S. Defense Department’s top Africa policy official stepped down last month, in the third departure among the department’s senior civilian leaders in recent weeks amid speculation that Defense Secretary James Mattis will also be leaving his post after the midterm elections.
Alan Patterson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs, departed his post in October, Pentagon spokeswoman Cmdr. Candice Tresch confirmed to Foreign Policy. Patterson previously had a long career in the CIA, culminating with two years as chief of operations for the CIA’s Africa Mission Center from 2015 to 2017.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/31/pentagon-nato-policy-chief-steps-down-dod-defense-mattis/
