White House to nominate Carlos Del Toro as Navy secretary
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WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will nominate Carlos Del Toro, a Navy veteran and a CEO for an engineering and consulting firm, to serve as Navy secretary, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement Friday.
Del Toro now serves as president and CEO of government contractor SBG Technology Solutions, which he founded in 2004, according to the company’s website. The business, which is based in Alexandria, Va., specializes in engineering, cyber security and information technology modernization and governance.
The nomination comes as the Navy works to modernize its force, devoting as much money about $22.6 billion on research and development efforts as the service has to ship procurement in its proposed 2022 budget.
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People walk without protective masks in Times Square amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
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