President Joe Biden nominated Taiwan-born Heidi Shyu as Deputy Secretary of Defense for Research, Development and Engineering on April 27, and nominated former Deputy Secretary of Labor and former President Barack Obama’s close friend Lu Pei-ning as his representative to the United Nations for reform and management.
Biden announced a number of personnel cases on the 27th, including Heidi Shyu, who was born in Taipei and served as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Science and Technology, as Deputy Secretary of Defense for Research, Development, and Engineering.
Defense News reports that if Shyu passes the nomination, it will set a record for the highest number of Asian-Americans in the DoD civilian system. Xu would also become the second woman to serve as undersecretary of defense, following Michèle Flournoy.
Xu is a former chairman of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. She has received the U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal, the Army Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, and the Air Force Distinguished Civilian Service Award.
According to reports, Xu’s family is well educated, with his grandfather being former Air Force Vice Admiral Kangliang Xu. During her tenure at the Department of Defense, she led a number of important U.S. Air Force projects, including the development of the F-35 radar for anonymized warplanes, and is one of the few women who have distinguished themselves in the defense field.
In addition, Biden also nominated Christopher P. Lu to be his Ambassadorial Representative to the United Nations for Reform and Management.
Lu’s parents were born in China and lived in Taiwan before immigrating to the United States in the 1950s after studying there. Lu was born in New Jersey.
He was a classmate of former President Barack Obama at Harvard Law School, served as White House Cabinet Secretary during Obama’s tenure, and co-chaired the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Islanders).
In 2014, Lu was nominated to serve as Deputy Secretary of Labor.
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