nominations

Hagel Nomination: Senate Armed Services Committee Will Vote Tuesday

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Chuck #Hagelnomination will come to vote tomorrow @ 2:30pm. Sen. Carl Levin, #SASC chairman, intends to hold vote right after. @colinclarkaol

Published February 11, 2013 at 11:50 AM

Kerry, Hagel, Brennan: Heritage Scholars Talk To Colin Clark (VIDEO)

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VIDEO: Colin Clark interviews Heritage scholars on Kerry, Hagel, & Brennan "Nominiations" – also Heritage can’t spell: http://herit.ag/14iZv5l @SydneyFreedberg

Published January 25, 2013 at 3:20 PM

SASC Sends CSAF Nomination & More To Senate Floor

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SASC sent full Senate nomination of Gen. Mark Welsh for CSAF http://aol.it/OcwsYw; also LTG John Kelly for SOUTHCOM, LTG Frank Grass for NGB Sydney%20Freedberg

Published July 26, 2012 at 1:10 PM

Short-timer Gen. Schwartz Urges Senate To Vote On Air Force Nominations

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WASHINGTON: Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz, nearing the end of his 40-year career, hit back aggressively today at a series of congressional moves to obstruct the promotion of top Air Force leaders, including Schwartz’s successor as Chief of Staff, and to undo what the service believes are essential force structure changes.

Schwartz was dismissive of moves by Alaska Sen. Mark Begich to block the nomination of all senior Air Force officers to prevent the shift of an F-16 fighter squadron from one Alaska base to another. An earlier report on the costs of the move did not satisfy the senator. Keep reading →

Published June 11, 2012 at 2:30 PM