Posted on Jan 26, 2016
Eric Fanning's Army secretary nomination still firmly blocked
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After a smooth and overall positive hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Eric Fanning’s confirmation to be the next Army secretary still is not guaranteed.
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., is standing firm on a hold he placed last fall on Fanning’s nomination. Roberts placed a similar hold on former Army Secretary John McHugh’s nomination in 2009 when he learned that Fort Leavenworth, home to the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks in Kansas was being studied as a potential site for relocating prisoners if the facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is closed.
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., is standing firm on a hold he placed last fall on Fanning’s nomination. Roberts placed a similar hold on former Army Secretary John McHugh’s nomination in 2009 when he learned that Fort Leavenworth, home to the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks in Kansas was being studied as a potential site for relocating prisoners if the facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is closed.
Eric Fanning's Army secretary nomination still firmly blocked
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If we held our esteemed legislators to the "high" standards they hold appointee's there wouldn't be any of our esteemed legislators left.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
SSG Warren Swan thanks like the old saying goes," what's good for the gander is also good for the geese".
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First SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL I hope that the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas will not be the place that prisoners from the facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would be relocated to. that would be adding insult to injury to the prisoners in the Disciplinary barracks including my son who deployed with 3/75 Ranger which fought some of the radical muslim scum who are prisoners at GITMO.
2nd while contentious it has been a long-standing tradition that any US Senator who has an interest can block a nomination, I support Sen. Pat Roberts in this case.
2nd while contentious it has been a long-standing tradition that any US Senator who has an interest can block a nomination, I support Sen. Pat Roberts in this case.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL My understanding is that the Senator from Kansas is looking out for his constituents. They want a guarantee that GITMO prisoners will not be brought to Ft. Leavenworth, KS.
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