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Congress

Senate Panel OKs Nominees To Lead NORTHCOM, PACOM

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

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Senate Panel OKs Nominees To Lead NORTHCOM, PACOM

The Senate Armed Services Committee on April 24 approved President Trump’s nominees to head U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM).The committee endorsed Navy Adm. Philip Davidson to be PACOM’s commander and Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy to be commander of NORTHCOM and the North American Aerospace Defense Command. The voice vote came a week after the committee held a confirmation hearing on the nominations. The nominations now head to the full Senate for its consideration.Davidson, who is currently…

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