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Braithwaite is currently the U.S. ambassador to Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Braithwaite, a former Navy spokesman and rear admiral, would assume the job after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/11\/24\/spencer-out-as-secretary-of-the-navy-over-seal-trident-scandal\/\" target=_blank>sudden firing<\/a> of former financier Richard V. Spencer. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in November that he recommended Braithwaite to Trump for the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nomination of Braithwaite comes as the Navy and the Office the Secretary of Defense are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2020\/02\/28\/should-the-us-army-pay-for-sealift\/\" target=_blank>at odds<\/a> about the sea service\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Esper has been reluctant to realign the budget to help the Navy\u2019s recapitalization efforts, as he is charged with considering the whole of the military, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told House lawmakers Thursday that assuming there will be a flat budget in fiscal 2021, the Navy will need more than $120 billion over the next 10 years to implement the Navy and Marine Corps\u2019 integrated force structure assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., has not announced a confirmation hearing date for Braithwaite, though one is expected soon. Inhofe has pressed Trump to expeditiously nominate civilians like Braithwaite as the Pentagon grapples with a host of vacant leadership positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As ambassador, Braithwaite focused on the security of the Arctic, a region that\u2019s seeing an uptick in Russian and NATO activity. He also both pressured Norway to meet the NATO defense-spending target of 2 percent of gross domestic product, and he reassured the Nordic nation that the administration remains committed to the alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Michigan native and a 1984 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Braithwaite was an anti-submarine warfare pilot who tracked Soviet submarines in the Pacific and Indian oceans for a Hawaii-based patrol squadron. 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