Robert Work, the former undersecretary of the Navy who has headed up a progressive Washington think tank since he left the Pentagon last year, was nominated Friday to serve as the deputy secretary of defense. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Work, who spent 27 years in the Marines, had been selected by President Barack Obama to become the Pentagon’s second ranking official. If approved by the Senate, Work will likely be tasked with managing reductions in the Defense Department’s spending…
