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Lawmakers Press Air Force, Army Secretary Nominees On Priorities

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, September 12th, 2019

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Lawmakers Press Air Force, Army Secretary Nominees On Priorities

Army secretary nominee Ryan McCarthy and Air Force secretary nominee Barbara Barrett testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee

Senate lawmakers on Wednesday pressed the nominees to serve as the next Air Force and Army Secretaries on a range of issues from modernizing force structure for potential future fights, the creation of a Space Force and impacts from recent transition of billions of dollars from military construction projects to the border wall. During the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing, Air Force Secretary nominee Barbara Barrett affirmed plans to lower flight costs for the F-35 and place fleet modernization…

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