Trump Administration Removes Coast Guard Commandant – EVOL

Adm. Linda Fagan was relieved of her post in a memo issued Tuesday by the acting secretary of Homeland Security.

The U.S. Coast Guard’s commandant, Adm. Linda Fagan, has been removed from her duties and position by the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security, according to a memo sent out Tuesday.

Fagan assumed the duties in June 2022 under the Biden administration. President Donald Trump has named Adm. Kevin Lunday, the vice commandant, to become the Coast Guard’s commandant, and he must be confirmed by the Senate.

The message, released by Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman, said that he has relieved Fagan “of her duties as Commandant of the United States Coast Guard,” saying she “served a long and illustrious career, and I thank her for her service to our nation.”

For the interim period, Lunday will serve as the acting commandant of the Coast Guard “and assumes all the authority and responsibilities of the office,” Huffman wrote in the memo.

No reasons were given for relieving Fagan from her position, and Fagan has not issued a public response.

Fagan was praised by some Republicans in the Senate during her nomination process in 2022, with GOP lawmakers on the

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