"Later in the day, the Post updated its story to note that Schwartz, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, had twice before offered a customary letter of resignation to President Obama which was declined. President-elect Trump however, accepted his resignation, and an as-yet-unnamed interim commander was named by the Pentagon."

Sounds like his customary letter of resignation was accepted. I'd guess that the 12:01 effective time is a bureaucratic anomaly that is typical of the process, but you're free to present evidence to the contrary that trump not only accepted the resignation of a presidential appointee, he insisted it take effect exactly 1 minute into his tenure. Of course, you're also free to think Trump is a jerk for not retaining a presidential appointee, although I can't imagine that is without precedent. I think Trump's a jerk too, but I'm not convinced this is an example of anything other than selective headline based outrage. I'm willing to be proven wrong.

[Post edited by BocaHoo91 at 01/13/2017 7:19PM]