Biden Taps Lawyer Mallory Stewart for US Arms Control Post

Biden Taps Lawyer Mallory Stewart for US Arms Control Post
President Joe Biden holds a press conference after the U.S.-Russia summit in Geneva on June 16, 2021. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden said on Friday he planned to nominate Mallory Stewart to be assistant secretary of state for arms control, a key job as Washington and Moscow contemplate a successor to the New START arms control treaty.

If confirmed by the Senate, Stewart, now a senior director on the White House National Security Council, would lead the State Department’s bureau of arms control, verification and compliance, the White House said in a statement.