Hung Cao, the former Virginia Republican Senate nominee who lost to Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) last year, was confirmed Wednesday as undersecretary of the Navy despite nominal GOP opposition.
The Senate voted mostly along party lines, 52-45, for Cao to serve as the second-ranked civilian position directly under Navy Secretary John Phelan. Kaine joined with Democrats in voting against his former political foe.
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