Senate Confirms Joe Kent As Director Of National Counterterrorism Center
By The Daily Caller
The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee, Joe Kent, as the next Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
Kent was confirmed by the Senate in a 52–44 vote late Tuesday, according to the chamber’s roll call website.
BREAKING: Joe Kent has since been CONFIRMED to be the next Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, vote was 52-44. https://t.co/MLMCTXWft7
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 30, 2025
He previously served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army before joining the elite Ranger Regiment and the Special Forces.
His wife, Shannon, was killed in Syria on Jan. 16, 2019, during operations against ISIS — just weeks after the Trump administration announced plans to withdraw U.S. troops from the region.
Kent also served as acting chief of staff to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, according to a Washington Post report.
Before his nomination, Kent twice ran as a Republican candidate for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, first in 2022 and again in 2024.
In his most recent bid, he lost to Democratic Washington Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.
Kent’s initial campaign in 2022 gained national attention after he unseated incumbent Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler in the primary, capitalizing on conservative anger over her vote to impeach President Donald Trump in 2021.
Editor’s note: Updated with Senate website’s count of the vote.
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