Overview

• Hung Cao, a retired Navy captain and former Virginia Senate candidate, has been nominated as under secretary of the Navy.
• Paul Dabbar, a former under secretary of energy for science, is nominated as deputy secretary of commerce to focus on global trade and technology leadership.
• Cao, a Vietnamese refugee and Naval Academy graduate, served 25 years in Special Operations and held Pentagon roles managing the Navy's $140 billion budget.
• Dabbar, a Navy veteran and Columbia University graduate, previously worked on energy innovation and national security during Trump’s first term.
• Both nominations were announced on Trump’s Truth Social account and will require Senate confirmation.