Sean Cairncross, as CEO of the Millenium Challenge Corporation, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)
Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, walks with Sean Cairncross, then-CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, through the alleys of Rabat’s Old city on Nov. 7, 2019. (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)
The nominee, who doesn’t have as much cyber experience as his predecessors, also touted his credentials and views on current threats during his Senate confirmation hearing.
Then-Millenium challenge corporation CEO Sean Cairncross speaks during a ceremony on Aug. 5, 2019 at the presidential palace in Abidjan. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)
With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20. Trump joined conservative House lawmakers to help push through their budget bill after it advanced through the House Budget Committee. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, accompanied by Sean Cairncross, then-CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, tours ISMALA, a Moroccan institute specializing in aeronautic industries and civil aviation logistics in Casablanca with its director Loubna Tricha on November 8, 2019. (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)
Committee chairman Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., and ranking member Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., speak to one another during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill on January 30, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
U.S. President Joe Biden and then-Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)