Political Fight Underway Over Trump Pick for Navy Secretary
Posted By Bill Gertz On January 25, 2017 @ 5:00 am In National Security | No Comments
A political battle is underway in the Trump administration over whether the president should pick a former Hong Kong-based financier with extensive business ties in China to be the next Navy secretary, according to U.S. officials.
Senior Trump advisers in New York and Washington are considering whether the financier, Philip M. Bilden, a private equity manager with no government experience, should get the plum Navy secretary post, or whether it should go to an early Trump backer, former Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R., Va.).
Forbes until recently headed the seapower subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee and specialized in naval policy and procurement.
Military and defense experts are lobbying for Trump to pick their respective candidates.
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