Author: Wallace White
The Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm the retired Navy captain and a former candidate for a republican senate in Virginia Hung Cao as a navy Undersecretary.
Voting went along the party line, 52 in favor and 45 against, and the republican senator Alaska Lisa Murkowski is the only GOP dissident, According to to the official Tally. Cao has long been in favor of reformation the army to focus on mortality and reconstruction The delaying navy among the massive accumulation of the Navy threatening to-pacific safety.
Confirmation appears on the first day of closing the government caused Through the Congress Democrats who refuse to approve the continuous resolution to finance the government. Closing is the first since 2019.
The Undersecretary of the Navy is two office in the secretariat of the branch, serving under the Navy Secretary John Phelan.
Cao He came to the United States as a refugee From Vietnam in 1975 at the age of four, after his father was the deputy minister of agriculture in the government of South Vietnam. He was a member First class completing studies Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, and graduated From the United States Naval Academy in 1996 with the title of Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering.
After graduating, Cao joined the Navy special, serving 25 years before retiring in October 2021. implementation It includes an obligation in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia.
During his Tasks unconsidableCAO helped balance the annual Navy budget in the Pentagon and collaborated with the Internal Security Department and the FBI joint task group Common terrorism.
During his stay in the Navy, he continued his postgraduate education, Capture of a master’s degree in physics from the post -graduate navy, and then scholarships in Mit and Harvard.
In 2022 Cao He acted as a republican candidate for the 10th Congress District of Virginia, but lost to the current democratic Jennifer Wexton 53% to 47%. Two years later he He ran for the USA SenateWinning the basic Republican with 61.8% of the votes in the pentagonation race, after which there is a lack in the universal elections in 2024 to the sought senator Tim Kaine.
President Trump Nominated CAO For the Undersecretary of the Navy in February 2025, praising him as a “incarnation of American sleep” and emphasizing his 25 -year combat service as a special operational officer.
“Years of neglect and improper management have caused ships that cannot begin, aircraft that cannot fly and submarines that cannot dive because we have postponed maintenance requirements as a tool for cutting costs”, cao “, Cao he said During the interrogation confirming in June. “We cannot solve tomorrow’s problems thanks to yesterday’s solutions.”
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Wallace White is a reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation. Christina Botteri, editor -in -chief Tennessee star AND Star News NetworkHe contributed to this article.
