Career
From 2001 to 2009,Selnick was an appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Selnick was appointed the Director of the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives for the Department of Veterans Affairs in July 2004. [4] [5] He also served as VA liaison to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives,Special Assistant to the Secretary,and Associate Dean,VA Learning University. [6] [7]
Selnick was a Commissioner on the Commission on Care,which was established by Congress to examine how VA can better deliver health care to veterans. [6]
From 2017 to 2018,Selnick worked as the Veterans Affairs Advisor on the Domestic Policy Council at the White House. From 2018 to 2019,he served as a senior advisor to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). [8] During his tenure with the VA,Selnick came under scrutiny for incurring travel costs to Washington,DC while living in California. [9]
Selnick was a senior adviser to Concerned Veterans of America from 2019 to 2024. [10] [11] He has contributed opinion pieces to several media outlets,including Fox News and The Hill . [12] [13]
In January 2025,Selnick was named Senior Advisor to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. [14] After temporarily serving as Performing the Duties of (PTDO) Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness,he was named deputy chief of staff to the Secretary. [15] [16]
In February 2025,Selnick sought to remove transgender people from the U.S. military,stating that "medical,surgical,and mental health constraints on individuals who have a current diagnosis or history of,or exhibit symptoms consistent with,gender dysphoria are incompatible with the high mental and physical standards necessary for military service." [17]
April 2025 suspension
On April 14,2025,Selnick was suspended and placed on administrative leave. [18] At the time of his suspension,Reuters reported that Selnick was suspended as part of a Pentagon investigation into leaks of classified and sensitive information. [19] A senior DOD official confirmed that Selnick was placed on leave for "unauthorized disclosures." [11]
On April 19,2025,Selnick released a joint statement with Dan Caldwell and Colin Carroll,who were also fired,calling attacks against them "baseless" and expressing their continued support for the Trump-Vance administration. [20] They also indicated that they had not been officially informed why they were fired. [21]
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