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Acting chiefs named for national-security agencies
defenseone.com ^ | Eric Katz and Sean Michael Newhouse

Posted on 01/21/2025 3:01:31 AM PST by RoosterRedux

Donald Trump has named the acting heads of national-security agencies—all career federal executives—to serve until Senate-confirmed nominees are in place, according to a White House press release issued soon after the inauguration on Monday.

Some of the officials will serve in the roles for just a few days, though others could stay on for longer as bruising confirmation battles play out. One has already been supplanted, by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, approved unanimously by the Senate on Monday afternoon.

Trump has yet to name a nominee for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He is not expected to retain any President Biden appointees to temporarily stay in office, as Biden did in 2021 in a few cases for departing Trump officials.

The acting chiefs include:

Defense Department: Robert Salesses, a career Senior Executive Service employee who has worked in federal government for more than two decades and has twice won the prestigious President Rank Award. Trump also tapped career officials to be acting heads of the military services. Trump’s pick for permanent defense secretary, former Fox contributor Pete Hegseth, was approved out of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday; his vote before the full Senate has not been set.

Energy Department: Ingrid Kolb, a career official with decades of experience in government and 20 years of service at the department. Christopher Wright, who had a hearing on Jan. 15, is awaiting confirmation as secretary.

Homeland Security Department: Benjamine Huffman, a career Senior Executive Service employee who currently serves as the director of Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers and previously served at the U.S. Border Patrol and in several roles in Customs and Border Protection.

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KEYWORDS: benjaminehuffman; briandriscoll; ingridkolb; jamesmchenry; jasongray; lisakenna; robertsalesses; staceydixon; thomassylvester

1 posted on 01/21/2025 3:01:31 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Are these known conservatives or swampy placeholders?


2 posted on 01/21/2025 3:20:29 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Trump should call Traitor General Milley back into service and bust him to private.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Don’t know. But I would guess that they are MAGA-approved.


3 posted on 01/21/2025 3:23:45 AM PST by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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To: RoosterRedux

” He (Trump) is not expected to retain any President Biden appointees to temporarily stay in office”

Good.

Smoke em all.


4 posted on 01/21/2025 3:42:32 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Notice NO swamp confirmation on these guys. Their tenure can be up to six months. I’ve said since 2019 that Trump should have a bullpen of “acting officials” at the ready. Give Gaetz six months as AG and Grenell six months at CIA. Then flip flop them and flip off the swampers in the Senate.

After 8 months of Trump working his “acting” players in, the swampers would confirm whoever he sent up.


5 posted on 01/21/2025 3:47:57 AM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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To: hardspunned

That’d be brilliant for acting FiB Director: Matt Gaetz acting until the confirmation of Kash Patel.


6 posted on 01/21/2025 5:39:45 AM PST by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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To: RoosterRedux

with reservations


7 posted on 01/21/2025 5:46:15 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: RoosterRedux

I DO NOT THINK I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL NEVER MISS BUTTIGEIG


8 posted on 01/21/2025 10:28:14 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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