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White House names new top homeland security advisor

June 5, 2018

Via: FCW

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Doug Fears will take up a senior National Security Council post that includes being the top White House official on cybersecurity, the Trump administration announced June 1.

Fears will double as the senior White House cybersecurity advisor, managing the White House Cybersecurity Directorate. That’s the most senior cybersecurity role in the administration, now that the post of White House cybersecurity coordinator has been eliminated. The job carries the rank of deputy assistant to the president, which is below the level occupied by Tom Bossert, the previous occupant of the job.

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