Trump提名得克萨斯州参议员Brian Birdwell 9/11幸存者和退伍军人 担任国防职位 Trump nominates Texas senator Brian Birdwell, 9/11 survivor and veteran, for defense post.

总统唐纳德·特朗普提名德克萨斯州州长布赖恩·伯德韦尔(Brian Birdwell)担任助理国防部长。 President Donald Trump has nominated Texas State Sen. Brian Birdwell, a Republican and Army veteran injured in the 9/11 Pentagon attack, to serve as assistant secretary of defense. Birdwell在得克萨斯参议院领导边境和国土安全委员会,并宣布他不会在2026年寻求连任,他有20年的军事生涯,包括部署到沙漠盾牌/沙漠风暴和人道主义特派团。 Birdwell, who led border and homeland security committees in the Texas Senate and announced he would not seek re-election in 2026, has a 20-year military career including deployments to Desert Shield/Desert Storm and humanitarian missions. 他在9/11袭击事件中受到严重烧伤,得到了紫心军团和功勋军团,后来又共同创立了一个烧伤幸存者部。 He sustained severe burns in the 9/11 attacks, received a Purple Heart and Legion of Merit, and later co-founded a ministry for burn survivors. 提名需要参议院的确认。 The nomination requires Senate confirmation.