House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has announced the appointment of a Washington military commander to serve as sergeant-at-arms, the chamber’s top law enforcement officer.
“It is my honor to appoint District of Columbia National Guard Major General William J. Walker to serve as the 38th Sergeant-at-Arms for the House of Representatives,” Pelosi said on March 26 in a statement, in which she touted Walker’s 39 years of decorated military service, including as current commander of the D.C. National Guard.