On Thursday, the US President, Donald Trump, nominated Admiral Kenneth Braithwaite as the new US ambassador to Norway. Kenneth Braithwaite was Donald Trump’s first choice as new ambassador to Norway.
Braithwaite is currently working as vice president of Vizient, a healthcare company. He is an admiral in the American navy and has 27 years of experience from the defense.
After completing his job as deputy director in the US Navy in 2011, he went to Pakistan to work as a director of strategic communications at the US Embassy there. In the past, Braithwaite has also been sent as an officer for the United States defense to Iraq.
Braithwaite will take over the job as ambassador to Norway after Sam Heins.
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Another GREAT appointment by Donald Trump!
Braithwaite graduated from our Naval Academy in 1984, the same year our National Security Advisor Lt. General H.R. McMaster graduated from West Point.