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Pentagon chief purges defense boards; Trump loyalists out

by Lolita C. Baldor
| February 3, 2021 12:16 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered hundreds of Pentagon advisory board members to resign this month as part of a broad review of the panels, essentially purging several dozen who were appointed last-minute under the Trump administration.

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