Senate Confirmation for Estevez Needed, Former BIS Official Says
The Senate should move forward with the confirmation of Alan Estevez, who was nominated last summer to lead the Bureau of Industry and Security, said Kevin Wolf, former assistant secretary for export administration, in a LinkedIn post. "BIS is advancing…
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significant national security objectives in novel and complex ways," said Wolf, who is now a lawyer at Akin Gump. "It needs Alan Estevez in as its Under Secretary now. Seriously. Whatever issues are holding up his confirmation need to be set aside today so that he can get to work at BIS." Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has voiced some reservations over Estevez's stance on gun export controls (see 2201050023 and 2110050029).