Frank Rose is officially principal deputy administrator of the the National Nuclear Security Administration, the semi-autonomous Department of Energy nuclear-weapons agency announced Monday.
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm conducted a virtual swearing in for Rose, who lives in Massachusetts, according to a tweet by Jill Hruby, herself sworn in as administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) only last week.
Congratulations to Frank Rose for becoming #NNSA‘s new Principal Deputy Administrator. I look forward to working together as a team to progress our Nation’s #nuclear #security missions, lead the great people at #NNSA, and partner across the Nuclear Security Enterprise. pic.twitter.com/uTESAgyhBf
— NNSA Administrator (@NNSAHruby) August 2, 2021
The Senate confirmed Rose for the number-two slot at the NNSA in a voice vote last week. A veteran of the Barack Obama administration’s Department of Defense and Department of State, Rose has also worked on Capitol Hill and, most recently, as a senior fellow for security strategy at the Brookings Institution think tank.