Anthony J TataBrigadier General Anthony J. Tata, US Army (Retired), commanded combat units in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and the 10th Mountain Division. His last combat tour was in Afghanistan in 2007, where he earned the Combat Action Badge and the Broze Star Medal. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Sudden Threat, Foreign and Domestic, Three Minutes to Midnight, Besieged, and Direct Fire. He is a frequent foreign policy guest commentator on Fox News, CNN, CBS News, The Daily Buzz, and Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler. NBC's Today Show featured General Tata's career transition from the army to education leadership, where he has served as the Chief Operations Officer of Washington, DC, Public Schools for firebrand Chancellor Michelle Rhee and as the Superintendent of the 16th largest school district in the nation in Wake County/Raleigh, NC. He was most recently North Carolina's Secretary of Transportation. Brigadier General Tata donates a portion of his earnings to the USO Metro DC, the North Carolina Heroes Fund, and the Michael Murphy Foundation. Read More Read Less