
A Democratic House staffer who has worked the nuclear weapons and strategic systems portfolio for the House Armed Services Committee for a decade will get a Pentagon post with a similar bailiwick in the Joe Biden administration. Leonor Tomero will be deputy assistant director for nuclear and missile defense programs after inauguration day, the publication Defense One reported Tuesday. In that role, which does not require Senate confirmation, Tomero will be responsible for day-to-day oversight of national nuclear-weapons and missile…