在一次历史性的提名中，总统乔·拜登提名克里斯汀·沃姆斯担任秘书军队的。
如果得到参议院的确认，沃姆斯将是第一位担任这一职务的女性。沃姆斯曾在奥巴马政府的最后几年担任五角大楼的最高政策官员。
前加州众议员吉尔·希斯内罗斯被提名为负责人事和战备的国防部副部长，苏珊娜·布卢姆被提名为成本评估和项目评估(CAPE)主任。
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负责战略、计划和部队发展的国防部副部长克里斯汀·沃姆斯
沃姆斯是一名经验丰富的国家安全官员，以前在五角大楼工作，在奥巴马政府期间，他还担任过国家安全委员会国防政策主任。
沃姆斯最近在兰德公司担任国际安全和国防政策中心主任，是五角大楼拜登过渡小组的一名有影响力的成员，她在五角大楼领导拜登-哈里斯防务局审查小组。
国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀在柏林旅行时发表的一份声明中说:“克里斯蒂娜是一名真正的爱国者，为美国和我们国家的安全奉献自己的职业生涯。”
奥斯汀说:“作为前负责政策的国防部副部长，克里斯蒂娜推动了国防部的反ISIS运动和向亚洲的再平衡，她的深厚专业知识将对应对和确定当今的全球威胁至关重要，包括来自中国的节奏挑战以及来自俄罗斯、伊朗和朝鲜的民族国家威胁。”“我毫不怀疑，如果得到证实，她将作为陆军部长领导我们的士兵，并以荣誉和正直代表他们的家人。”
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国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀在会见以色列总理贝后发表声明
拜登政府在任命几个国家安全机构的高级官员方面落后了，特别是在五角大楼，职业文职人员一直在通常需要参议院确认的职位上工作。
直到本周沃姆斯的提名，没有一个军队的文职首长被白宫提名。
周一，五角大楼的三项提名包括在近十几项国家安全提名中，其中包括克里斯蒂·阿比扎伊德(Christy Abizaid)担任国家反恐中心的下一任主任。
奥斯汀说:“保卫我们的国家免受国内外敌人的攻击需要一个经验丰富、能力强大的团队，他们致力于我们国家的理想，并敏锐地理解我们军队今天面临的巨大挑战。”。"总统今天的提名将有助于我们组建这个团队。"
“克里斯汀·沃姆斯、吉尔·希斯内罗斯和苏珊娜·布鲁姆代表了几十年来在国家安全方面的综合专业知识，我们有能力应对当前面临的危机，并为明天的威胁做好准备，”他继续说道。“我敦促参议院尽快批准他们，以便他们能够承担这项重要工作。”
希斯内罗斯是一届任期的民主党国会议员，在2020年竞选连任失败之前，他代表加州第39国会选区。
在国会任职期间，50岁的希斯内罗斯在众议院军事服务和退伍军人事务委员会任职。陆军最高司令部死后。希斯内罗斯的维尼萨·吉兰参加了关于拉丁美洲人在军队中的地位的讨论，并帮助介绍了《我是瓦内萨·吉兰法案》性骚扰是一种犯罪军事司法统一法典。
他在2010年成为一名慈善家，此前他在弗里托-雷被解雇后不久赢得了2.66亿美元的巨额奖金。
提名之前，Blume已经在履行CAPE董事的职责。她曾在五角大楼担任多个政策和预算职位，最近是新美国安全中心(CNAS)的高级研究员和国防项目主任。
Biden picks 1st woman to be Army secretary
In a historic nomination, PresidentJoe Bidenhas nominated Christine Wormuth toserve as the secretaryof the Army.
If confirmed by the Senate, Wormuth -- who once served as the Pentagon's top policy official in the final years of the Obama administration -- would be the first woman to serve in the position.
Also nominated to two other top Pentagon posts were former California Rep. Gil Cisneros to be the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, and Susanna Blume to serve as the director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE).
A veteran national security official with previous experience at the Pentagon, Wormuth also served at the director for defense policy at the National Security Council during the Obama administration.
Wormuth has most recently worked as the director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the Rand Corporation and was an influential player in the Biden transition team at the Pentagon where she headed the Biden-Harris Defense Agency Review Team.
"Christine is a true patriot with a dedicated career in service to America and our nation's security," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement issued while he is traveling in Berlin.
"As the former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Christine advanced the department's counter-ISIS campaign and the rebalance to Asia, and her deep expertise will be critical in addressing and determining today's global threats, including the pacing challenge from China and nation-state threats emanating from Russia, Iran, and North Korea," said Austin. "I have no doubt that, if confirmed, she will lead our soldiers and represent their families with honor and integrity as the Secretary of the Army."
The Biden administration has lagged in naming top officials at several national security agencies, particularly at the Pentagon where career civilians have been working in positions that normally require Senate confirmation.
Until Wormuth's nomination this week, none of thecivilian heads of the military serviceshad been nominated by the White House.
The three Pentagon nominations on Monday were included among almost a dozen national security nominations that included Christy Abizaid to be the next director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
"Defending our nation from enemies foreign and domestic requires a deeply experienced and capable team grounded in a commitment to our nation's ideals and a keen understanding of the sweeping challenges facing our arm forces today," said Austin. "The president's nominations today will help us build that team."
"Christine Wormuth, Gil Cisneros and Susanna Blume represent decades of combined expertise in national security, and we are positioned to take on the crises we face in the current moment and prepare ourselves for the threats of tomorrow," he continued. "I urge the Senate to confirm them soon, so that they can take up this critical work."
Cisneros was a one-term Democratic congressman who represented California's 39th Congressional District before losing his re-election bid in 2020.
During his time in Congress, the 50-year-old Cisneros served on the House Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committee. After the death of Army Spc. Venessa Guillen, Cisneros participated in discussions on the status of Latinos in the Army and helped introduce the I Am Vanessa Guillén Act that would makesexual harassment a crimewithin the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
He became a philanthropist in 2010 after he won a $266 million Mega Millions jackpot shortly after he had been laid off from a manager's position at Frito-Lay.
Prior to her nomination, Blume has already been performing the duties of the director of CAPE. She has held multiple policy and budget positions at the Pentagon and was most recently the Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS).
