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Anthony Jean Tata (born September 7, 1959) (), is an American retired United States Army officer, author, and government official. He is a retired brigadier general of the United States Army (1981–2009), and later served as a school district administrator for two large school districts in the District of Columbia and North Carolina. He served as Secretary of Transportation of North Carolina from 2013 to 2015 under Governor Pat McCrory. Tata is the author of the Threat series of thriller novels. After leaving the Army, he became a regular on Fox News. where he offered pro-Donald Trump commentary. He has falsely claimed that Barack Obama is a Muslim and "terrorist leader" and promoted a baseless conspiracy theory asserting that the CIA sought to assassinate Trump. In 2020, Tata joined the Pentagon in a senior civilian advisory role to Defense Secretary Mark Esper. On April 23, 2020 Trump nominated Tata to the post of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. His nomination was submitted to the Senate on June 11, 2020, but a hearing on his confirmation was cancelled on July 30, and the White House planned to withdraw the nomination. Later, Tata was appointed as "the official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy reporting to the acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, James Anderson." Following Anderson's resignation after the November 2020 elections, Tata served as the de facto acting Under Secretary under the official title "Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy" until his resignation on January 15, 2021. Early life and education Tata was born in Norfolk, Virginia, the second son of Robert Tata and Martha Jeraldine Morris Tata. In 1981, Tata received a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy and chose Infantry as his branch of service. While serving as a National Security Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Tata earned a Master of Arts in International Relations from the Catholic University of America. Tata is a graduate of the U.S. Army's Ranger School. Tata graduated from the School of Advanced Military Studies with a master's degree in Military Art and Science. Career Military Tata served in the United States Army for 28 years, retiring in 2009 with the rank of brigadier general. From 2006 to 2007, he was Deputy Commanding General of the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan. Tata served two tours of duty at Fort Bragg in the 82nd Airborne Division. As the Chief of Plans for the 82nd Airborne Division, Tata led the planning effort for Operation Uphold Democracy. He also was brigade commander in the 101st Airborne Division. Tata and his first wife (Tracy Lynn) divorced in April 1993 under acrimonious circumstances: his ex-wife filed a complaint against him with the Army's Office of Inspector General (OIG), triggering an investigation. The OIG concluded in June 2007 that Tata had extramarital affairs in 1985 and 1992 while still married. The affairs involved three different women, and a son born out of wedlock. Adultery is a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice under certain circumstances. Tata did not contest the finding of adultery, and Army leaders did not penalize him over the finding. The OIG investigation also concluded Tata's ex-wife's other allegations were "not substantiated." OIG's conclusion rejecting the allegation of failure to pay child support was based on a supposed 2001 Georgia court order submitted as evidence by Tata and his lawyer. It was later determined, however, that the document was fraudulent, with the signatures of the Georgia judge and counsel having been forged. Tata and his lawyer acknowledged that the court order they had produced to OIG was "not genuine" and later produced the genuine order, which was substantively different. OIG never determined who created the false document and forged the signatures. Tata and his counsel said they did not create the document. Upon his retirement in June 2009, Tata received the Distinguished Service Medal. Public schools administrator After retiring from active duty service, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of the District of Columbia Public Schools from 2009 to 2010. In 2010, he was named Superintendent of the Wake County Public School System. Tata had strained relationships with several members of the Wake County School Board, which shifted to a Democratic majority during Tata's service. Opposition fell along party-lines. Citing concerns over his "leadership style" and his handling of student assignment issues in the large school district, Tata's contract was terminated after less than two years, in 2012. The decision to buy out Tata's contract under a no-fault clause was controversial, with two local polls suggesting that a majority of Wake County voters and parents of children in the district opposed the decision to remove Tata. Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation In January 2013, North Carolina governor Pat McCrory appointed Tata as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Tata considered challenging U.S. Representative Walter B. Jones, but dropped the idea after it became public in June 2015. As Secretary he was "a forceful advocate for the governor's highways, ports and railroads improvements campaign" and promoted McCrory's proposals to take out $3 billion in bonds for transportation infrastructure. A compromise with environmentalists over the replacement of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge was one element of his tenure. Tata abruptly resigned on July 28, 2015. Political commentator Tata has appeared on commentary panels on Fox News. In his political commentary, Tata was a regular defender of Donald Trump and his administration. In November 2018, he defended Trump's decision to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Conspiratorial and inflammatory comments In Twitter posts and radio-show appearances in 2017 and 2018, Tata repeatedly made the false claim that President Barack Obama was a "Muslim" and a "terrorist leader"; accused Obama of being "an anti-Semite" who wanted to "destroy Israel" and "did not want" to defeat ISIL; and claimed that the negotiation of the multilateral nuclear agreement with Iran was born by Obama's "Islamic roots." Tata accused then-President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama of being "borderline treasonous" during Trump's transition to the presidency. In August 2018, he accused former CIA Director John O. Brennan, a critic of Trump, of being a "clear and present danger" to the U.S. and called Brennan a "communist" on Fox & Friends. He repeatedly pushed the notion that a "deep state cabal" was working to undermine Trump; pushed false conspiracy theories that Brennan ordered the assassination of Trump; and, on another occasion, tweeted at Brennan, "Might be a good time to pick your poison: firing squad, public hanging, life sentence as prison b*tch, or just suck on you.... Discover the Aj Tata popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Aj Tata books.