Sethi, the first Indian-American commander of a major US Navy combat ship, recently joined Harris’ office, Politico quoted vice president’s senior advisor Herbie Ziskend as saying
Trailblazing Indian-American US Navy veteran Shanti Sethi has joined Vice President Kamala Harris’s office as her executive secretary and defence advisor, according to a media report, a report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
Sethi, the first Indian-American commander of a major US Navy combat ship, recently joined Harris’ office, Politico quoted vice president’s senior advisor Herbie Ziskend as saying.
In her new role, Sethi will coordinate National Security Advisor documentation across the Office of the Vice President,
Sethi commanded the guided-missile destroyer, USS Decatur, from December 2010 to May 2012. She was also the first female commander of a US naval vessel to visit India.
When she joined the navy in 1993, the combat exclusion law was still in effect,t so she was limited in what she could do. However, when she was an officer, the Exclusion Act was lifted.
Sethi commanded the guided-missile destroyer, USS Decatur, from December 2010 to May 2012. She was also the first female commander of a US naval vessel to visit India.
“I was able to move on to have a career path that was much more open to me because I was going into this very male-dominated environment,” Sethi told USA Today in an interview last year.
Sethi’s father immigrated to the US from India in the early 1960s.
Harris is the first-ever person of Indian origin to be elected vice-president of the United States.
In her new role, Shanti Sethi coordinates National Security Adviser documentation across the Office of the Vice President.
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