Caleb Orr
Caleb Orr | |
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| 27th Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs | |
| In office November 12, 2025 – August 31, 2026 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Ramin Toloui |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 6, 1994 |
| Education | Abilene Christian University (B.A.) Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.) |
Caleb William Orr (born July 6, 1994) is an American attorney who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs from November 12, 2025 to August 31, 2026. He is expected to become Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor for Policy for Economic Affairs.[1]
Orr obtained a B.A. at Abilene Christian University and a J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center.[2][3] He clerked for Jennifer Walker Elrod and has served as an advisor to Marco Rubio, Christopher Landau, and Michael Needham.[4] He was appointed by Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate in a 53–47 vote on November 5, 2025.[5]
Orr is a sixth-generation Texan and a Christian.[6] In 2018, Time magazine called him a "24-year-old whiz-kid specialist in tax policy", and noted that he worked out the details of Rubio's child tax credit and paid-family-leave proposals.[7] Orr was a contributor to Project 2025.[8]
Orr is married to Gabby, a former national political correspondent and White House reporter for Politico and political reporter for CNN. They were married in September 2018 at Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Trump's inner circle shrinks as senior White House officials resign ahead of midterms". National Post. 30 August 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Caleb Orr". James Wilson Institute. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ↑ "Class of 2023 JD Graduate Honors" (PDF). Georgetown University Law Center. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ↑ "Caleb Orr". United States Department of State. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ↑ "PN25-37 — Caleb Orr — Department of State". congress.gov. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Caleb Orr" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ↑ Tanenhaus, Sam (11 October 2018). "How Trumpism Will Outlast Trump". Time. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ↑ Plummer, Kate. "The Project 2025 Contributors Helming the Trump Administration". Newsweek. Retrieved 3 January 2026.