at this point zach fuentes was an active duty officer in the u.s. coast guard. ix months shy of qualifying for early retirement benefits, which is why mr. fuentes decided he would hide out for six months even after his boss left and he had no more real job inside the white house. the hitch in his plan in which he was going to hide out for six months and wait for his early retirement program to kick in, the hitch in his plan was that that early retirement program he planned to take advantage of, it turns out it had lapsed the previous year. so zach fuentes then proceeded to use his position as deputy white house chief of staff to try to get that program, the early retirement program in the coast guard, back onto the books so he could then use it for his own financial gain. and it might have worked if "the new york times" had not started asking questions about it. quote, after reporters raised questions with lawmakers in both parties, a provision to reinstate the coast guard early retirement program was abruptly pulled from a house bill. this all went down in decem