Feb
27

Philip Bilden, Nominee for Secretary of the Navy, Withdraws

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President Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Navy withdrew from consideration on Sunday, saying that meeting the government’s ethics guidelines would require too great a financial sacrifice.

The nominee, Philip Bilden, a former military intelligence officer who ran the Hong Kong branch of a private equity firm, said in a statement that he had informed Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that he did not want to continue to seek confirmation a month after he had been named for the post…

Philip Bilden, Nominee for Secretary of the Navy, Withdraws

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