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- U.S. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Hung Cao as Navy secretary faces defeat because Democrats refuse the waiver.
- Hung Cao needs a Senate waiver that requires at least 60 votes.
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) criticize Hung Cao’s handling of the USS Abraham Lincoln deployment.
- Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) warns Hung Cao’s DEI focus distracts from Navy readiness, munitions, and Indo-Pacific challenges.
