Tata Tests Positive after Lithuania MOD Meeting

Air Force Secretary Barbara M. Barrett has tested negative for COVID-19 and is not quarantining even though she recently came in direct contact with Lithuanian Minister of Defense Raimundas Karoblis, who tested positive for the virus shortly after visiting the Pentagon. However, Anthony Tata, who is performing the duties of the under secretary of defense for policy, tested positive for COVID-19 following the Nov. 13 visit and is isolating at home for two weeks, the Pentagon said in a statement released late Nov. 19. Read more ►