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Norquist served in the Bush administration and is the brother of noted Republican advocate Grover Norquist; Bingen, who has served in several congressional staff positions, is currently the policy director for the House Armed Services Committee. She previously worked as a top space policy analyst for the Aerospace Corporation. Karem has worked as a Middle East adviser to then-Vice President Dick Cheney, a legislative aide to now-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and a national security adviser to both Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy in the House.<br\/><br\/> Three more nominees \u2013 Elaine McCusker to be deputy comptroller, Robert Daigle, to be director of the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office and Kenneth Rapuano for assistant secretary of defense, homeland defense and global security \u2013 still await a vote in the full Senate. \u00a0<br\/><br\/>Earlier in the day, Sen. 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