Harker Succeeds Braithewaite As Acting SecNav

摘要

Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite resigned his position on Wednesday as the Bidenadministration was sworn in while Thomas Harker, the Navy’s top civilian financial official,succeeds him in an acting role.Harker has served as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for financial management andcomptroller since 2018. Last July, the Pentagon announced he would serve as ActingUndersecretary of Defense and Comptroller after Elaine McCusker resigned from that actingposition, having held it as acting since summer 2019.