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Trump Taps Hung Cao for Navy’s No. 2 Post

28 February 2025 8:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

President Donald Trump has tapped Virginia’s former U.S. Senate candidate Hung Cao to serve as the U.S. Navy’s second-ranking official.
“I am pleased to announce that Hung Cao will be our next United States Under Secretary of the Navy,” Trump announced on Feb. 27 via his Truth Social platform.
The appointment follows the retired Navy captain’s November election loss to incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.).
Trump, who had endorsed Cao in that race, heralded him on Thursday as “the embodiment of the American dream,” pointing to his background as a refugee.
Cao and his family fled Vietnam just days before the fall of Saigon in 1975 and came to the United States. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy and earned his master’s degree in physics from the Naval Postgraduate School. During his 25 years of service, he served as a special operations officer in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia and also held non-combat roles at the Pentagon….