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HASC Announces New Republican Staff Director

By Marc Selinger

Monday, August 21st, 2017

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HASC Announces New Republican Staff Director

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

Jen Stewart, a Pentagon insider and former congressional aide, will return to Capitol Hill to become Republican staff director of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), the GOP-led panel announced Aug. 21.Stewart will replace longtime director Bob Simmons, who left in the spring to join the private sector (Defense Daily, May 1). Jenness Simler, who has been filling in as director, will resume her role as deputy Republican staff director. Stewart, who is currently senior adviser to Marine Corps Gen. Joseph…

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