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President Donald Trump\u2019s top nominees to run the department are still awaiting approval from Capitol Hill, and these officials will help steer the department in the interim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality and Army officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/01\/20\/senate-panel-advances-hegseths-bid-to-become-next-defense-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\">will likely be confirmed as defense secretary this week<\/a> after a contentious confirmation hearing. Those tapped for the No. 2 and No. 3 civilian positions \u2014 billionaire investor Stephen Feinberg and former Pentagon policy official Bridge Colby, respectively \u2014 do not yet have scheduled hearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the list are officials who will help run the Pentagon\u2019s offices for Asia and the Middle East, two of its most important regions over the last four years. Others include the secretary\u2019s chief of staff, former Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security official Joe Kasper, and his deputy, Michael Duffey, who previously held the same position during Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duffey, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1870951300248301787\" target=\"_blank\">Trump said in a December social media post,<\/a> is the nominee to run the Pentagon\u2019s office for acquisition and sustainment, its chief weapons buyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of the officials tapped for Pentagon policy are proteges of Colby, the nominee to lead the office. Austin Dahmer, the deputy assistant secretary for strategy, worked as national security adviser to Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Alex Velez-Green, a senior policy adviser, is a longtime Washington think tanker most recently at the Heritage Foundation. 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