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The director of the Central Intelligence Agency was first elevated to Cabinet-level status by Trump in February 2017, during his first administration. This ended with the beginning of the Biden administration. [57] In July 2023, the D/CIA was once again elevated to Cabinet-level status by the Biden administration. [58]
Awaiting Senate Confirmation Robert G. Salesses: January 20, 2025 Deputy Secretary of Defense: Stephen Feinberg [43] Awaiting Senate Confirmation Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense Joe Kasper [43] January 20, 2025 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment: Michael Duffey [43] Awaiting Senate Confirmation
The Senate confirmed Trump’s Defense Secretary James Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on the evening of January 20, 2017. The next confirmation didn’t come until January 31, 2017.
His road to confirmation has been less controversial than many of Trump's other Cabinet picks. At Rubio's first confirmation hearing last week in front of the Foreign Relations Committee, the ...
The confirmation hearings for Trump’s Cabinet picks kicked off Tuesday with a highly contentious session for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth. On Wednesday, the slate of a half-dozen ...
Cabinet confirmation votes used to be a formality; throughout most of the 20th century, presidents' Cabinet nominees were typically confirmed unanimously or near-unanimously.
Before confirmation and during congressional hearings a high-level career member of an executive department heads this pre-confirmed cabinet on an acting basis. The Cabinet's creation was part of the transition of power following the 2016 presidential election.
Senate confirmation hearings set to begin this week are likely to reveal a defining trait uniting Donald Trump’s incoming Cabinet, regardless of their diverse political backgrounds and uneven ...