Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s chief of staff, Eric Chewning, is leaving DOD at the end of the month. Chewning joined the Pentagon in 2017 and has been chief of staff since January 2019.
The new chief of staff will be Jen Stewart, Politico reported. Stewart is the top Republican staffer on the House Armed Services Committee and a former aide to the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Dan Sennott will take Stewart’s job as minority staff director. He has worked with the committee since 2015, according to a Monday press release from committee Republicans.
Army photo of Eric Chewning by Sgt. Alicia Brand
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