Marine Corps Plans to Expand Use of Partnership Authority following Early Success
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- April 12, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has scheduled a unanimous consent vote Monday for current Army Secretary Mark Esper’s confirmation to become Secretary of Defense, with the Army former infantry officer’s Senate floor vote and expected approval scheduled for Tuesday. The Armed Services Committee approved his nomination by voice vote Thursday, but it was not
READ MOREThe Senate Armed Services Committee approved Thursday current Army Secretary Dr. Mark Esper to become the next permanent defense chief and Army Gen. Mark Milley to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs, according to a committee press release. The nominations for the two senior Pentagon officials advanced on a voice vote during a
READ MOREDr. Mark Esper, who is currently the Army Secretary while awaiting appointment to become the next defense secretary, officially testified for the top DOD post in a generally smooth Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. Following the hearing, Esper, a West Point graduate and former infantry officer who became Army secretary in 2017, is expected to become
READ MOREThe White House sent the Senate the official nomination paperwork Monday afternoon for Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s confirmation hearing Tuesday morning to become the Pentagon’s next top permanent chief, the Defense Department said in a statement. In an temporary DOD procedural requirement, Esper’s formal nomination prompted a maneuver involving Esper stepping down from his
READ MOREThe Senate Armed Services Committee has scheduled its confirmation hearing for Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper to become the next permanent DOD chief July 16 if the White House delivers his formal nomination by the preceding day, Defense News reported Thursday. Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said Thursday he had agreement from the panel’s other
READ MOREThe White House announced Friday President Donald Trump’s intent to nominate Army Secretary Mark Esper for Secretary of Defense, Under Secretary of Defense David Norquist as Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Army Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy as Secretary of the Army. Earlier in the week Trump had named Esper as acting defense secretary after on
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