Senate confirms Trump’s Navy secretary pick

The Senate has confirmed Kenneth Braithwaite to be secretary of the Navy, giving the service its first Senate-confirmed leader in months at a time when it is grappling with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.Braithwaite was confirmed in a voice vote Thursday, two days after he was advanced to the floor by the Senate Armed Services.Braithwaite, who has served as U.S. ambassador to Norway since 2018, is becoming the Navy’s top civilian…