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SASC Moves Hyten Nomination Out of Committee as Pentagon’s Number-Two Is Confirmed

SASC Moves Hyten Nomination Out of Committee as Pentagon’s Number-Two Is Confirmed
The commander of U.S. Strategic Command, Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, appears at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C., July 30, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) said July 31 that it had voted to favorably report Air Force Gen. John Hyten's nomination to become the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff out of committee. The committee voted 20-7 to report the U.S. Strategic Command commander’s nomination to the Senate for a floor vote consideration, after a fraught nomination hearing Tuesday where committee members questioned Hyten over reports of alleged sexual assault – while his accuser, Army Col.…

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