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Navy/USMC

Norway Ambassador Braithwaite Officially Nominated As Navy Secretary

Friday, February 28th, 2020

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Norway Ambassador Braithwaite Officially Nominated As Navy Secretary

Retired Rear Adm. Kenneth Braithwaite in his last official Navy photo. Now being nominated as Secretary of the Navy (Photo: U.S. Navy)

After a delay, the White House on Feb. 28 officially announced President Trump intends to nominate Kenneth Braithwaite, the current Ambassador to Norway, as the next Secretary of the Navy. Trump first tweeted his plans to nominate Braithwaite in November to replace the last Navy Secretary, Richard Spencer. At the time, Secretary of Defense Esper said he recommended Braithwaite to the president (Defense Daily, Nov. 25, 2019). However, the official nomination was not formally announced by the White House until Friday. Braithwaite is…

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