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President-elect Joe Biden's pick for a high-level Pentagon position hyped the since-discredited Steele dossier and Trump-Russian collusion narrative.

The Biden transition team on Wednesday nominated Colin Kahl, who served as President Obama's and then-Vice President Biden's former national security adviser, as his undersecretary of defense for policy.

FAST FACTS

    • Biden recently announced the pick of Dr. Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary and Dr. Colin Kahl as Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy.
    • President-elect Biden's transition team has touted the diversity of White House hires.

Kahl was one of 10 people whom then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes called on in 2018 to testify before Congress regarding the Russia probe and possible surveillance abuse into the Trump campaign.

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