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Senate Confirms Braithwaite for Next Navy Secretary

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, May 21st, 2020

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Senate Confirms Braithwaite for Next 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)

The Senate confirmed Kenneth Braithwaite as the next Secretary of the Navy via voice vote May 21. Braithwaite, who previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Norway, succeeds Thomas Modly, who resigned in April amid criticism of his removal of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Commander Capt. Brett Crozier (Defense Daily, April 8). Army Undersecretary James McPherson has been serving as acting Navy secretary in the interim. Braithwaite, a Navy veteran, told the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing…

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