President Trump formally announced Friday that he will nominate Kenneth Braithwaite, the current US ambassador to Norway, to be his next Navy Secretary
The formal notice from the White House comes months after Trump first announced his decision to tap Braithwaite, a retired rear admiral, to replace former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, who was forced to resign in November by Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
His final post before retiring from the reserves as a decorated rear admiral in 2011 was Vice Chief of Information for the Navy.Trump taps US Ambassador to Norway to be his new Navy Secretary In addition to his military experience, Braithwaite previously worked as a senior adviser to former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter from 1997 to 2000, while Specter was in the Republican Party.He has also spent time in the private sector as an executive for American oil and health care companies.
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