White House announces slew of new national security nominees
The Pentagon continues to flesh out its officials with new nominees. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON The Biden administration continues to flesh out its national security team, with four new Pentagon nominees and a pair of top state nominees named Friday afternoon. After a three month stretch with no nominations, the White House has now announced its intent to nominate 12 Pentagon officials in the last 20 days. It has also filled out other top national security jobs at both the Departments of State and Energy. The nominees announced Friday:
Brenda “Sue” Fulton for assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs. Part of the first West Point graduating class to include women, Fulton has a long history of fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in the military. She helped lead efforts to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and fought against the ban on transgender servicemembers, and in 2012
After 4-year gap, nomination made for top US diplomat for South Asia
Sat, Apr 24 2021 08:47:52 AM
By Arul Louis
New York, Apr 24 (IANS): After a gap of four years, the US State Department is to get an Assistant Secretary of State for the South Asia region if President Joe Biden s nomination of Donald Lu goes through the Senate.
During the four years of Donald Trump s presidency the job of the top US diplomat for South and Central Asia went vacant and was managed by two successive diplomats in acting capacities.
The White House on Friday announced the nomination of Lu, the US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, to the post.
Джо Байден намерен выдвинуть посла США в Кыргызстане на высокий пост — K-News knews.kg - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from knews.kg Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.