Trump submits nomination for top Pentagon homeland defense policy post

Trump submits nomination for top Pentagon homeland defense policy post

President Donald Trump has nominated Mark Roosevelt Ditlevson for an important policy role at the Pentagon. Trump’s pick for assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and hemispheric affairs was submitted to the Senate Oct. 2 and referred to the Senate Armed Services Committee for consideration, according to a notice posted on Congress.gov. Ditlevson had been serving in that role on an acting basis for several months, but his confirmat…