Christopher Landau Nominated to Be Deputy Secretary of State

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Christopher Landau to serve as the deputy secretary of state under Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

“I am pleased to nominate Christopher Landau to serve as Deputy Secretary of State,” Trump announced in a Truth Social post Sunday night. “Chris will work closely with our great Secretary of State Nominee, Marco Rubio, to promote our Nation’s security and prosperity through an America First Foreign Policy.

“Chris served as my Ambassador to Mexico, where he worked tirelessly with our team to reduce illegal migration to the lowest levels in History. He is also one of our Country’s great lawyers, and clerked for both Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas on the United States Supreme Court. He graduated from Harvard College, first in his Class, and Harvard Law School, and has argued nine cases in the U.S. Supreme Court.”