WASHINGTON -- U. S. President Barack Obama on Friday nominated an openly gay civilian to head the Army, a first for such a job at the Pentagon.
Obama nominated Eric Fanning to be the next secretary of the Army, as the service faces a variety of budgetary, operational and social issues. Fanning has held a number of top Pentagon positions, including most recently as chief of staff to Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
Fanning, a former journalist for CBS News, has been serving in an acting role as undersecretary of the Army since June. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he would replace John McHugh, a former Republican congressman from New York, who announced his retirement earlier this year.
Obama said Fanning brings “many years of proven experience and exceptional leadership” to the role. “I am grateful for his commitment to our men and women in uniform, and I am confident he will help lead America’s Soldiers with distinction,” he said.
Fanning’s success in being confirmed is unclear. Although it is unlikely senators will object to his qualifications or to him personally, many top Obama nominations for Pentagon and other government posts have been held up by the Republican-controlled as the end of Obama’s second administration nears its final year.
An expanded version of this report appears at WSJ.com.
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11 comments:
We can't get rid of this disrespectful pos of a president soon enough.
Your wannabe president is asanine!! Gay and a Civilian running the worlds largest Navy?? WTF are you idiot Democrat thinking. My father retired from the Navy after 23 years of dedicated service and he is probably turning over in his grave right now.
He will rot in hell with the peodophile Mohammed.
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You act as if the president is the problem...
I can assure you there are two problems greater than him... One is you, and the rest of america who are to stupid to care for your rights... Secondly, it is the system not the man in the system that is the problem... getting rid of him does nothing, and putting someone in power who will do the same damn thing as he is not a solution... You can keep thinking that every president gives a shit and they don't, the only ones who give a shit end up assassinated or they try to assassinate them...
The fact that obama bin laden has been, shows you clearly they want him and people like him to run the show, but its funny to think that you actually think anyone else would not do the same crap to us, which the presidents before obama have...
Let me leave you with this quote...
"NO regime in history has ever done anything without the will of the people"... Do you all clowns understand that??? the govt can't do squat unless you LET THEM DO IT, UNDERSTAND??? UNLESS YOU LET THEM!!!!!
'tis merely the beginning of the end.
Wow you sound like we are on the same level but you disrespect me LOL,
Considering the dirtbag he has running the Navy and Marine Corps, I'm not surprised.
Hey thickhead POSOTUS - how about someone with military experience.....freakin' Bergdahl could do better than the clowns you have put up there...and Bergdahl's a deserter!
He deliberately does this kind of crap because he hates the military. In my book he's lower than whale s**t and that's pretty damn low, like the bottom of the ocean low. I'm convinced, he'll rot in hell.
I think we're at the beginning of the end for the US. Get this POS out of office.....
C'mon man.....HE is best guy in the nation to have this job???
Merit stop being a qualification the moment this monkey pretender became president.
It is now a matter of being transgendered, gay, muslim, lesbian, communist, atheist, radical. Experience, qualifications, and a proven track record are all secondary to making sure that we are "inclusive" and "diverse".
Garbage in, garbage out.
Keep cheering.
What could possibly go wrong?
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