President-elect Donald Trump mentioned on Sunday he would nominate billionaire investor Stephen Feinberg to function deputy secretary of protection.
Feinberg is the co-chief govt of Cerberus Capital Administration LP, a personal fairness agency that has invested in protection contractors. He served on an intelligence advisory board throughout Trump’s 2017-2021 White Home time period.
Feinberg would function the No. 2 official on the Pentagon below Trump’s alternative for protection secretary, Pete Hegseth, a former Fox Information host who faces questions on allegations of alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct. Hegseth has denied any wrongdoing.
Trump additionally nominated Elbridge Colby to function undersecretary of protection for coverage, the No. 3 place on the Pentagon. Colby, often called a China hawk, served as a senior Pentagon official throughout Trump’s first time period.
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