WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is exiting his post overseeing the service, according to the Pentagon.
“Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a social media post today. “On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy. We wish him well in his future endeavors. Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.”
No additional details were immediately provided about the first departure for a high-ranking political appointee at the Pentagon under the second Trump administration. The Navy referred Breaking Defense’s…
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