President Donald Trump has nominated Joe Kent to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. The announcement comes three months after Kent lost a bid for a U.S. House seat for a second time to Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. Mark Graves/The Oregonian

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Joe Kent, a former Army Special Forces soldier and two-time Republican candidate for a congressional seat in southwest Washington, to be director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

President Donald Trump has nominated former Washington candidate Joe Kent to be the next director of the National Counter Terrorism Center.