Trump’s cyber ambassador nominee advances to full Senate vote
Adam Cassady, who was nominated last month to helm the State Department’s Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, was approved by a vote of 17-5.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday advanced President Donald Trump’s pick to be the country’s next cyber ambassador.
Adam Cassady, who was nominated last month to helm the State Department’s Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, was approved by a vote of 17-5. Five panel Democrats voted against him. His nomination now goes to the full Senate.
The bureau, which by statute must be helmed by an ambassador, has been without a leader since the start of the second Trump administration and seen its portfolio divided up between three offices as part of a larger department reshuffle.
Source: https://therecord.media/trump-cyber-ambassador-nominee-advances-to-senate
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