Caleb William Orr (born July 6, 1994) is an American attorney who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs from November 12, 2025 to August 31, 2026. He is expected to become Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor for Policy for Economic Affairs.
Orr obtained a B.A. at Abilene Christian University and a J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center. He clerked for Jennifer Walker Elrod and has served as an advisor to Marco Rubio, Christopher Landau, and Michael Needham. He was appointed by Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate in a 53–47 vote on November 5, 2025.
Orr is a sixth-generation Texan and a Christian. In 2018, Time magazine called him a "24-year-old whiz-kid specialist in tax policy", and noted that he worked out the details of Rubio's child tax credit and paid-family-leave proposals. Orr was a contributor to Project 2025.
Orr is married to Gabby, a former national political correspondent and White House reporter for Politico and political reporter for CNN. They were married in September 2018 at Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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