Hung Cao’s bid for Navy secretary faces choppy waters post-USS Abraham Lincoln
President Trump’s official nomination of Hung Cao to be Navy secretary is already in jeopardy after Democratic senators indicated they won’t vote in favor of giving him the waiver needed to serve. Cao, a Trump loyalist who has served as the acting head of the Navy since April and.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from The Hill says: President Trump’s official nomination of Hung Cao to be Navy secretary is already in jeopardy after Democratic senators indicated they won’t vote in favor of giving him the waiver needed to serve. Cao, a Trump loyalist who has served as the acting head of the Navy since April and.
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- Published: Sep 22, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC
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