Ex-Senate Minority Whip Kyl Appointed to Fill McCain's Senate Seat

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) said Tuesday he's appointing former Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., to temporarily fill the seat of former Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who died last month (see 1808270039). Kyl, a leading Senate Judiciary Committee member, retired in 2013 after choosing not to seek re-election (see 1211080073). He was active during his final term on cybersecurity and patent law revamp legislative efforts. He also raised national security objections to the FCC about Huawei and ZTE doing business in the U.S., which Capitol Hill revisited this year (see 1102140083 and 1808010068). Kyl was part of a group of 77 top national security and cybersecurity experts who sought a delay of the 2016 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority transition over national security concerns (see 1609270054).