Trump Nominates RD James for Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works By Scott L. Shapiro & Andrea P. Clark on October 4, 2017 Posted in Flood Control, Levees, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers This morning President Trump announced his intent to nominate candidates to a number of administration posts. Among them is RD James to be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. Here is the blurb on James: