Dig on the new Pentagon head: Acting Secretary of Defense, David Norquist. Unexpectedly, a trump apointee.

https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2021/01/14/heres-why-bidens-first-defense-secretary-may-be-a-trump-appointee/

https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2477349/dod-succession-plan-remains-in-effect-until-senate-confirms-biden-nominees/

President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Norquist to be Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer in the Department of Defense.

Mr. Norquist is a Partner with Kearney and Company, a Certified Public Accounting firm. He has 27 years of experience in Federal financial management beginning as a Federal employee in 1989 with the Department of the Army. He has also served on the professional staff of the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense and as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense in the office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). He was the first Senate confirmed Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Homeland Security where he established a formal process to eliminate pervasive weaknesses in DHS’s financial statement and put the Department on its path to a clean audit opinion. Mr. Norquist attended the University of Michigan where he received both a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Public Policy in 1989. He also received a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University in 1995. He is a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM).

https://web.archive.org/web/20170409094823/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/16/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-key-administration