While We Were Watching The House . . .
. . .The Senate took action on a host of pending executive branch nominations on Wednesday evening after it passed legislation ending the shutdown. Two dozen civilian executive branch nominations, to be exact, appear to have been confirmed without a formal roll call vote. A few are relevant to Lawfare readers:
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. . .The Senate took action on a host of pending executive branch nominations on Wednesday evening after it passed legislation ending the shutdown. Two dozen civilian executive branch nominations, to be exact, appear to have been confirmed without a formal roll call vote. A few are relevant to Lawfare readers:
- Kevin A. Ohlson, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to expire on the date prescribed by law.
- Stephen Woolman Preston, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense.
- Julia Frifield, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs).
- Caroline Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambassador to Japan.
- Stevan Eaton Bunnell, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security.
Raffaela Wakeman is a Senior Director at In-Q-Tel. She started her career at the Brookings Institution, where she spent five years conducting research on national security, election reform, and Congress. During this time she was also the Associate Editor of Lawfare. From there, Raffaela practiced law at the U.S. Department of Defense for four years, advising her clients on privacy and surveillance law, cybersecurity, and foreign liaison relationships. She departed DoD in 2019 to join the Majority Staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where she oversaw the Intelligence Community’s science and technology portfolios, cybersecurity, and surveillance activities. She left HPSCI in May 2021 to join IQT.
Raffaela received her BS and MS in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009 and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015, where she was recognized for her commitment to public service with the Joyce Chiang Memorial Award. While at the Department of Defense, she was the inaugural recipient of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s General Counsel Award for exhibiting the highest standards of leadership, professional conduct, and integrity.
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