WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Erik K. Raven for undersecretary of the Navy, the White House said Dec. 13.
Erik K. Raven is the majority clerk of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, where he oversees more than $700 billion of annual spending by the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. Prior to joining the Appropriations Committee in 2007, he served as national security adviser and legislative director to Senator Robert C. Byrd, fellow to Senator Ted Kennedy, in several positions for Senator Dianne Feinstein, and as an English teacher in China.
Raven holds associate of arts degrees from the College of Marin, a bachelor of arts with honors and distinction in International Relations from Connecticut College and a master of science with merit in international history from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He resides with his family in Washington, D.C.
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