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Harker Succeeds Braithewaite As Acting SecNav

Thursday, January 21st, 2021

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Harker Succeeds Braithewaite As Acting SecNav

Thomas Harker, Acting Secretary of the Navy. Harker assumed is role on January 20 as the Biden Administration came into office. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite resigned his position on Wednesday as the Biden administration was sworn in while Thomas Harker, the Navy’s top civilian financial official, succeeds him in an acting role. Harker has served as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for financial management and comptroller since 2018. Last July, the Pentagon announced he would serve as Acting Undersecretary of Defense and Comptroller after Elaine McCusker resigned from that acting position, having held it as acting since summer…

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