Posted on 03/15/2017 12:25:54 PM PDT by ColdOne
The Senate is letting H.R. McMaster, President Trump's national security advisor, keep his military ranking.
Senators voted 86-10 to reappoint McMaster as a thee-star lieutenant general.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) praised McMaster ahead of the vote, calling him an "exceptional" pick.
"He will now be tasked with adapting his vast experience to the responsibility of coordinating our national security policy — at a time when our nation faces myriad threats and challenges," he added.
McMaster does not need confirmation to serve as national security advisor, but the law requires the Senate to reconfirm the ranks of three- and four-star generals when they are assigned new jobs.
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Somewhere there’s an Army MGen who is very disappointed.
Somewhere there’s an Army MGen who is very disappointed.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) praised McMaster ahead of the vote, calling him an “exceptional” pick.
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I’m sure Yertle meant that to be reassuring, but it has the opposite effect for me.
Who are the 10 Senators who voted against him?
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