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Markwayne Mullin

Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

CISA director pick Sean Plankey withdraws his nomination

Plankey had been waiting for more than a year, prompting the request to withdraw him as the one tapped to lead an agency now in further upheaval.
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