In the hours leading up to President-elect Donald Trump’s highly anticipated appearance at the Army versus Navy football game on Saturday, the incoming commander in chief announced his latest slate of Cabinet picks to serve in his next administration.
Trump arrived at the game on Saturday afternoon alongside several of his nominees for other Cabinet positions, including Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice for defense secretary, and Tulsi Gabbard, nominee for director of national intelligence. Before the game began, Trump announced a flurry of other nominees he plans to tap for top positions.
Here’s a breakdown of his latest choices.
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Devin Nunes, Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
Trump will turn to Devin Nunes, CEO of the president-elect’s social media platform Truth Social, to be the chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
The board is tasked with providing “advice to the President concerning the quality and adequacy of intelligence collection, of analysis and estimates, of counterintelligence, and of other intelligence activities,” according to its website.
“Devin will draw on his experience as former Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and his key role in exposing the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, to provide me with independent assessments of the effectiveness and propriety of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s activities,” Trump said in a statement. “Congratulations Devin!”
Nunes will continue his work in the Trump Media & Technology Group, Trump said.
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Bill White, U.S. ambassador to Belgium
Bill White, a major political donor and surrogate for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, was tapped as Trump’s nominee to become ambassador to Belgium.
White is the founder and CEO of Constellations Group, a consulting firm based in Manhattan, and once served as president of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York. White stepped from that position in 2010 after then-Attorney General Andrew Cuomo opened an investigation into whether he was involved in a state pension fund pay-to-play scandal.
White later agreed to pay a $1 million settlement.
“Bill has worked tirelessly to support Great American Patriots who have given everything for our Country by raising over $1.5 Billion Dollars for our fallen heroes, catastrophically wounded, and severely burned Service Members,” Trump said in a statement. “He is a twice recipient of the Meritorious Public Service Award for extraordinary service from the U.S. Coast Guard, and for outstanding support from the U.S. Navy.”
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Troy Edgar, deputy secretary of Homeland Security
Troy Edgar will make a return to the Department of Homeland Security, as Trump looks to shuffle him in as the department’s deputy secretary in his next administration.
Edgar previously served as the DHS chief financial officer and the associate deputy under the secretary of management. Trump lauded Edgar for his work in that position, noting he “did an outstanding job managing their $90 Billion Dollar budget, resourcing critical immigration policy, and funding Wall construction.”
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“I am very excited to have Troy on our team, as he will help us Make America Great Again!” Trump said.
Edgar currently works as an executive at IBM and is the former mayor of Los Alamitos, California.
