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Navy/USMC

Senate Confirms Top DoD Positions Including Spencer As Navy Secretary, Lord At AT&L

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017

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Senate Confirms Top DoD Positions Including Spencer As Navy Secretary, Lord At AT&L

Richard Spencer, President Trump's nominee as the 76th secretary of the Navy. Photo: Center for a New American Security.

The Senate confirmed Richard V. Spencer as the newest secretary of the Navy on Tuesday as well as seven other civilian Defense Department nominees.Spencer succeeds acting Secretary Sean Stackley and Obama’s Secretary Ray Mabus.The Senate approved of Spencer in a voice vote, just like the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) did last month (Defense Daily, July 13).Spencer is a financial industry executive who served in the Marine Corps from the late 1970s until 1981 and served on the Defense Business…

Congress

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Congress

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