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Schumer May Move for Senate Roll Call Votes on DoD Nominees on Hold

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022

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Schumer May Move for Senate Roll Call Votes on DoD Nominees on Hold

Andrew Hunter, the nominee to become Air Force acquisition chief, has said that one of his top priorities will be reducing sustainment costs for the F-35 fighter (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) may move to schedule roll call votes by the start of February for less than a dozen DoD nominees placed on hold by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who wants Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Tony Blinken to resign over the handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal last August. It is customary for the Senate to approve qualified nominees by unanimous consent, but Hawley's hold means that the…

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