President Trump picks Kenneth Braithwaite, the ambassador to Norway, to be the next Secretary of the Navy
The President announced his decision to nominate Braithwaite, a retired Navy rear admiral, shortly after Defense Secretary Mark Esper forced Spencer to resign for circumventing the chain of command by working on a"secret agreement with the White House" to reinstate Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher despite resistance from the Pentagon. "Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer's services have been terminated by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
and pledged to strengthen trade ties with Norway. But during Braithwaite's tenure as ambassador, that effort has been at times complicated by Trump's repeated demands that Norway, and other members committed to spend 2% of their gross domestic product on national defense at a 2014 summit in Wales, and Trump has repeatedly bemoaned that
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