Hung Cao, who lost to Sen. Tim Kaine in November, will serve as Under Secretary of the Navy following his appointment by President Donald Trump.

Hung Cao, a former Virginia Republican Senate candidate, was nominated by President Donald Trump on Thursday as under secretary of the U.S. Navy. Cao, who Trump described as the “embodiment of the American Dream,” will have to be approved by the Senate to assume the role, New York Post reported Friday.

Hung Cao is back in the national headlines, with President Donald Trump announcing on social media that Cao will be the next United States Under Secretary of the Navy.

The European Union’s (EU) foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Friday it has become clear “the free world needs a new leader” after President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sparred in the Oval Office, adding that Europeans should “take this challenge.” “Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support…

Cao is an immigrant who moved to America as a Vietnamese refugee in 1975, also spending time in West Africa during his childhood. “Hung worked tirelessly to make proud the count

Trump announced on Truth Social he would nominate the former candidate for Virginia senator and former Navy veteran for the second-highest official of the Navy.

Hung Cao (R), who unsuccessfully ran for the Virginia Senate seat last year, will be the next United States Under Secretary of the Navy. President Donald Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform Thursday night,

President Donald Trump appointed retired Navy captain and former Senate candidate Hung Cao as under secretary of the Navy. Cao, an immigrant from Viet

President Donald Trump added Hung Cao (R) to his administration on Thursday, according to an announcement on social media.