Keith Gross & Anthony J Tata on The Pelle Neroth Taylor Show - 10 April 2024

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Keith Gross, author of Dirt Roads to Runways: Defending the American Dream for the Next Generation, is an entrepreneur, a pilot, an attorney, and a conservative activist. But there's one thing he'll never be: a career politician. Growing up in rural Florida shaped him into a man who understands and appreciates the American Dream and the principles of equality, liberty, and opportunity that have made this nation the greatest in the world. Because he has enjoyed them, he is determined to protect those values for generations to come. Now, Keith Gross is running for US Senate to disrupt the status quo in Washington. He's conquered the business world through his never-quit attitude, and in the Senate, he'll represent Florida with that same determination and grit. Because that's what makes America great.

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Tony is the national bestselling author of 16 novels published by St Martins Press, Kensington Books, and Variance Publishing. His Jake Mahegan series from Kensington earned recognition as a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Mystery/Thriller Books of 2017 (Besieged), Barry Award finalist for Best Thriller of 2016 (Foreign and Domestic).

He has three series: the Garrett Sinclair series, the Jake Mahegan series, and the Threat Series. In his latest release, The Phalanx Code, Tony brings all three universes together.

He is a retired army brigadier general and former leader at the county, city and state levels in Transportation and Education as well as having performed the duties of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. He is an avid surfer and lives in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Mr. Anthony J. Tata performed the duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from November 10, 2020, to January 15, 2021. Prior to assuming this position he was performing the duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

Mr. Tata is a 1981 West Point graduate who completed graduate studies in international relations from The Catholic University of America and the School of Advanced Military Studies. He also served as a National Security Fellow at Harvard University’s JFK School of Government.

He served for 28 years in the United States Army, commanding a paratrooper battalion in the 82nd Airborne Division and an air assault brigade in the 101st Airborne Division. He served as the Deputy Commanding General of the 10th Mountain Division and Joint Task Force 76 in Afghanistan from 2006-2007. He also served as the deputy director of Joint Concept Development and Experimentation as well as the Joint IED Defeat Organization.