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Senate Panel Advances OMB, DHS Nominees

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 9th, 2022

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Senate Panel Advances OMB, DHS Nominees

Dimitri Kusnezov, President Joe Biden's nominee to lead Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate. Photo: Energy Department

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved three Biden administration nominees to move to consideration by the full Senate, including the top two officials to run the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the head of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security. The committee voted 10 to 1 to advance the nomination of Dimitri Kusnezov to be under secretary for DHS Science and Technology, with Republican Josh Hawley (Mo.) the lone dissenter.…

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