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Mike Waltz Tagged As Trump's National Security Advisor | |
| 11-13-24 | |
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Dr. Julia Nesheiwat is a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center and a recognized expert for energy, environment, climate change, and national security issues as a public servant, academic, former military officer, and US diplomat. Since December 2020, she has served as commissioner on the US Arctic Research Commission reporting to the White House and Congress on domestic and international Arctic issues. Nesheiwat brings unique experiences has served over twenty years in international energy diplomacy critical infrastructure protection climate environmental science and national security serving in the Bush Obama Trump and Biden-Harris administrations. From July 2019 to February 2020 she served as Florida's first Chief Resilience Officer launching a new office dedicated to addressing the environmental physical and economic impacts of climate change and emergency preparedness for the state. From February 2020 to January 2021 Nesheiwat served as the deputy assistant to the president for Homeland Security & Resilience and from 2011 to 2014 she served as deputy assistant secretary of state where she worked to build the first Energy Resources Bureau at the Department of State. Prior to holding those positions she served as chief of staff to US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy as well as the under secretary for energy environment and business. Her PhD dissertation from Tokyo Tech 'Post-Disaster Reconstruction in Energy Policy & Resiliency' focused on post-disaster reconstruction of coastal towns suffering from lack of power flooding and rising sea levels. She served on the World Economic Forum's Global Advisory Council on low-carbon energy transformation as well as an international affairs fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations. Nesheiwat is a visiting professor at the Naval Post Graduate School on Energy Security and has lectured at Stanford University and the University of California San Diego. Voted To Draft American Women Rep Mike Waltz voted to include provisions for drafting women in the NDAA of 2022. [47] Pro Invader Immigration Waltz voted for the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158), [48] which effectively prohibits Immigration and Customs Enforcement from cooperating with the Department of Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of Unaccompanied Alien Children . Pro LGBT rights On July 19, 2022, Waltz and 46 other Republican representatives voted for the Respect for Marriage Act , which would codify the right to same-sex marriage in federal law. [49] 2024 presidential election Waltz endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries . [50] Voted Against Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 Waltz was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House. [51] Voted AGAINST Veterans The PACT ACT which expanded VA benefits to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during their military service, received a "nay" from Waltz. [52] Regarding cannabis, despite lobbying from VSOs such as the DAV , [53] Waltz also voted against the 2022 MORE Act . [54]
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