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Senate confirms Wilson as Air Force secretary
politico.com ^ | 5/8/17 | Connor O’Brien

Posted on 05/09/2017 11:34:00 AM PDT by ColdOne

The Senate confirmed Heather Wilson to be Air Force secretary Monday, making her only the second of President Donald Trump's nominees to be approved for a Pentagon post.

The vote was 76-22. Only Democrats opposed Wilson, a former Republican congresswoman from New Mexico.

Her confirmation was a rare victory for the Trump administration in its long slog to fill senior vacancies at the Pentagon. Dozens of national security positions remain unfilled, with Obama holdovers or civil servants filling many senior jobs on an acting basis.

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1 posted on 05/09/2017 11:34:00 AM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Obvious case of misogyny, amirite?


2 posted on 05/09/2017 11:35:46 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: ColdOne

The dems are slow-walking as many confirmations as they think they can get away with, knowing that the Zerobama people will be placeholders in the meantime.

President Trump needs to remove all the Zero holdovers and replace them with his own people in “acting” positions. If that’s not an option, McConnell needs to recess the senate so President Trump can make the necessary recess appointments and the senate can battle over confirmations at a later date.


3 posted on 05/09/2017 12:33:09 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( ))))
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