Home Armed Providers Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., is being thought-about to function secretary of protection in a second Trump administration.
A supply conversant in discussions advised Fox Information Digital Rogers has been contacted by the Trump transition group.
Fox Information Digital reached out to a spokesperson for remark.
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U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., speaks throughout a listening to in Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 2021. (Getty Pictures)
Rogers was re-elected to a 3rd time period Tuesday after working unopposed.
One other potential candidate for protection secretary is Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., a retired Inexperienced Beret. Along with serving within the army earlier than becoming a member of Congress, Waltz was an adviser to protection secretaries Robert Gates and Donald Rumsfeld and hung out within the non-public sector as CEO of protection contractor Metis Options.
He sits on the Home Armed Providers and Intelligence committees, along with the Home Overseas Affairs Committee.
Former President Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Oct. 27, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Republicans are bullish about retaining the Home majority after victories within the Senate and the White Home on election night time.
Changing a Home member, even one from a district that closely favors one get together or the opposite, typically takes at the very least a number of weeks. Republican leaders have already signaled they might not need to waste any time in utilizing their majorities in Congress to ahead Trump’s agenda.
President-elect Donald Trump brings Susie Wiles to the rostrum at an election night time watch get together in West Palm Seaside, Fla. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)
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On Thursday, Trump introduced his marketing campaign supervisor, Susie Wiles, will function his White Home chief of workers.
Home GOP Convention Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is being mentioned as a possible candidate for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, two individuals conversant in such discussions advised Fox Information Digital.
