Employees at the Department of War must now coordinate all interactions with Congress through the Pentagon’s central legislative affairs office, Breaking Defense reported.
In a memo dated Oct. 15, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Deputy Secretary of War Steve Feinberg said personnel must coordinate with the office of the assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs for all engagements and communication with Congress and state elected officials, according to Breaking Defense, which obtained the memo.
“The Department of War relies on a collaborative and close partnership with Congress to achieve our legislative goals,” Hegseth and Feinberg wrote in the memo.
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