{"id":17348,"date":"2025-10-23T11:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/17348\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:54:06","slug":"trump-taps-texas-sen-brian-birdwell-for-assistant-secretary-of-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/17348\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump taps Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell for assistant secretary of defense"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birdwell announced in June that he did not intend to seek reelection to the Legislature\u2019s upper chamber<\/p>\n

Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, during a Texas Senate meeting on March 25, 2025. (Lorianne Willett\/The Texas Tribune, Lorianne Willett\/The Texas Tribune)<\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas \u2013 President Donald Trump this week nominated Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell to serve as an assistant secretary of defense, the White House announced Tuesday. <\/p>\n

The Granbury Republican currently oversees a Texas legislative committee that hears border and homeland security proposals.<\/p>\n

If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, the move would be a return to the Pentagon for Birdwell, a six-term state senator who suffered severe burns when a plane crashed yards away from his office during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. At the time, he worked as Department of the Army staff. His 20-year career in the Army also included operational and training deployments.<\/p>\n

Birdwell announced in June that he did not intend to seek reelection to the Legislature\u2019s upper chamber.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared<\/a> on The Texas Tribune.<\/p>\n

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