President Donald Trump formally nominated Adm. Kevin Lunday to fill the Coast Guard commandant role in a permanent capacity, according to a congressional notice .

The notice, which was sent to the Senate on Thursday and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, comes after Lunday has been serving as acting commander since his predecessor, Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, was abruptly fired January 21.

Fagan’s firing was part of numerous leadership turnovers in the days following Trump’s second inauguration. Officials said her termination was a result of failure to properly address border security threats, poor responses to cases of sexual assault in the Coast Guard Academy and giving DEI policies too much priority.

The dismissal angered Democrats who believed the firin

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