The House Armed Services Committee has joined Senate lawmakers in adopting a fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill measure that would eliminate the Pentagon's chief management officer position. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), the committee's ranking member, today successfully included an amendment that would repeal FY-18 legislation establishing the CMO. Under his amendment, any current duties of the CMO would be transferred by the defense secretary to a "single official," though that person "may not be an individual who served as...
