
President Barack Obama has nominated the admiral in charge of the U.S. Pacific Fleet to become the chief of U.S. Strategic Command, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Adm. Haney. Photo by U.S. Navy. If approved by the Senate, Adm., Cecil E.D. Haney will take command of Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., and Vice Adm. Harry Harris Jr., currently an assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will become head of the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.…