{"id":1237548,"date":"2022-01-25T01:23:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T06:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1237548"},"modified":"2022-01-25T01:23:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T06:23:36","slug":"pentagon-fires-back-at-joe-biden-dod-has-been-completely-transparent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-fires-back-at-joe-biden-dod-has-been-completely-transparent\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Fires Back at Joe Biden: &#039;DOD Has Been Completely Transparent&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-fires-back-at-joe-biden-dod-has-been-completely-transparent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1237548&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1230336158-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Pentagon responded to President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s accusations that its leadership has been obstructing the transition process and has not been transparent with budget planning.<\/p>\n<p>Biden said during remarks Monday that his transition team at the Pentagon has \u201cencountered obstruction\u201d from the political leadership and that it needed \u201cfull visibility into the budget planning process underway.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have encountered roadblocks from the political leadership at the Department of Defense and the Office of Management and Budget. Right now, we just aren\u2019t getting all the information that we need from the outgoing administration in key national security areas. It\u2019s nothing short of irresponsible,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon told Breitbart News in a statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>DOD has been completely transparent with the Biden-Harris Transition Team on the fiscal 2021 budget. We have also provided topline information on the fiscal 2022-2026 program to the Biden-Harris Transition Team. The Office of Management and Budget has not yet authorized the release of the full details of the FY22-26 program.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Pentagon also pushed back in a separate public statement against the idea that it is obstructing the transition.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The statement said the Pentagon has conducted 164 interviews with the Biden transition team with over 400 officials and provided over 5,000 pages of documents. That was \u201cfar more than initially requested by Biden\u2019s transition team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoD\u2019s efforts already surpass those of recent administrations with over three weeks to go and we continue to schedule additional meetings for the remainder of the transition and answer any and all requests for information in our purview,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said all of this has been done while working under limitations due to COVID-19. It said only 40 percent of the workforce are in the building and 60 percent are teleworking.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, all transition interviews have been conducted virtually \u2014 \u201csomething that has never been done before,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Pentagon said it is implementing the National Defense Strategy and supporting Operation Warp Speed (OWS) \u2014 the joint Department of Defense and Health and Human Services program to distribute the vaccine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>These are only the latest accusations of obstruction from the Biden transition team.<\/p>\n<p>Just before Christmas, Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said he would pause transition interviews until after January 1, to allow the department to focus on COVID-19 vaccination efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur key focus in the next two weeks is supporting essential requests for information on OWS and COVID-19 information to guarantee a flawless transition. This is my major focus area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon public statement added that transition interviews are continuing to be scheduled. \u201cWe have three interviews scheduled the week of Dec. 28-31: two COVID-related, and one on cybersecurity,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Breitbart News\u2019s Kristina Wong on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kristina_wong\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kristinawongreporting\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon responded to President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s accusations that its leadership has been obstructing the transition process and has not been transparent with budget planning. 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