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Fleet White | |
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| Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs | |
| Assumed office August 14, 2026[1] | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Jessica Lewis |
| Personal details | |
| Education | United States Naval Academy University of Chicago Law School |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Navy |
| Unit | Submarine |
Fleet White is an American lawyer and diplomat who is serving Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs since August 2026 under the second Trump administration. Previously, he served in the Department of State as a Senior Attorney-Adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser and as the Senior Bureau Official and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security and Security Assistance in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
Career
[edit]Prior to joining the Department of State, Fleet was an associate at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C. where he focused on white collar defense and investigations. Prior to practicing law, he was a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy. At sea, Fleet served on a fast attack submarine stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Ashore, Fleet worked at the Pentagon on the Secretary of the Navy’s staff and on Capitol Hill as a liaison to the U.S. Senate where he traveled with senators on congressional delegations around the world. White Co-chaired high-level bilateral discussions, such as regional security and political-security-defense dialogues with international partners like Vietnam.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Fleet White". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Vietnam, US vow to boost political, security, defence ties at 14th dialogue". Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vietnam. December 20, 2025. Retrieved August 20, 2026.