U. S. Senate Backs Fanning as Army secretary
Thomson Reuters May 17th 2016 7:34PM
New Army Secretary Openly Gay
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unanimously backed President Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Fanning as secretary of the Army on Tuesday, making him the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military service branch.
Fanning previously worked as undersecretary of the Air Force and chief of staff to Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
He was confirmed by unanimous voice vote, eight months following his nomination, after Pentagon leaders assured Senator Pat Roberts that it was now too late for the administration to transfer prisoners from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Roberts' home state, Kansas.
Roberts had held up Fanning's nomination for months to underscore his opposition to any possible transfer of detainees
#1: rlk To: All (#0)
rlk posted on 2016-05-17 21:42:04 Reply Private Reply
#2: A K A Stone To: rlk (#0)
A K A Stone posted on 2016-05-17 21:56:50 Reply Private Reply
#3: Vicomte13 To: A K A Stone (#2)
Too harsh.
Vicomte13 posted on 2016-05-17 22:49:09 Reply Private Reply
#4: SOSO To: Vicomte13, A K A Stone (#3)
You want him to get aids and live?
SOSO posted on 2016-05-18 01:09:00 Reply Private Reply
#5: Roscoe To: rlk (#0)
Not even one righteous person in the Senate
Roscoe posted on 2016-05-18 05:47:37 Reply Private Reply
#6: rlk To: All (#1)
Empty out the mental hospitals, put the patients in prominent positions of authority and call it multiculturalism.
rlk posted on 2016-05-18 09:25:00 Reply Private Reply
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BobCeleste posted on 2016-05-19 08:53:47 Reply Private Reply
#8: TheFireBert To: rlk (#0)
Second.
The Flamer in Chief, Barry 0Bama, was the first.
TheFireBert posted on 2016-05-19 15:44:28 Reply Private Reply