Jay Hurst nominated by Trump to be next Pentagon comptroller

President Trump is nominating Jules “Jay” Hurst III to become the full-time Pentagon comptroller, according to a Wednesday notification to Congress. 

Hurst has been the acting Pentagon comptroller since August, supervising the Pentagon’s mammoth $1.5 trillion defense budget request, which includes $350 billion in a reconciliation package. 

Hurst, a former Army officer, would become the administration’s first Senate-confirmed Defense Department chief financial officer since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025. 

Prior to his current post, Hurst, who deployed to Afghanistan four times as an intelligence officer, was serving as the assistant........

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