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https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-administration-appointee-tracker/database/
It has been some time since I felt prompted to provide the status of the DoD confirmation of principals by the US Senate. Hopefully the Senate will act soon on the nominations by the office of the POTUS. The Congress is getting ready to recess for their summer break.
Some nominees have been waiting since march and others since April and May to be voted on by the full senate while many nominations are bottled up in the Senate Armed Services Committee review process.
I am hopeful that Ryan McCarthy will be confirmed as Under Secretary of the Army and that Richard V. Spencer will be conformed as Secretary of the navy before the Senate recesses.
It has been some time since I felt prompted to provide the status of the DoD confirmation of principals by the US Senate. Hopefully the Senate will act soon on the nominations by the office of the POTUS. The Congress is getting ready to recess for their summer break.
Some nominees have been waiting since march and others since April and May to be voted on by the full senate while many nominations are bottled up in the Senate Armed Services Committee review process.
I am hopeful that Ryan McCarthy will be confirmed as Under Secretary of the Army and that Richard V. Spencer will be conformed as Secretary of the navy before the Senate recesses.
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Trump needs to do his job and nominate people for his jobs. Then the republicans, who control the senate, need to schedule all the required actions. The dems don't control that. For example, Ryan McCarthy, who you hope will be confirmed by the recess, hasn't even actually been nominated by Trump yet. The White House simply announced their intention to nominate him. [edit; while the spreadsheet shows him as announced, he was actually nominated today}. He was one of twelve nominations sent today. So there is an expected backlog in the Senate. Trump announced that the owner of the NY Jets would be the ambassador in London on Jan 16. But he has yet to even send the nomination to the senate. So we have no ambassador there to guide the US response to the terror attacks. Announcing names is easy. But between announcing and nominating there is a lot of paperwork and vetting to be done, and the Trump white house appears incapable of doing it.
Here's a little more info on trump's problems with nominating people. The number of positions left unnominated is staggering.
http://time.com/4805557/donald-trump-nominees-appointments-confirmations/
Here's a little more info on trump's problems with nominating people. The number of positions left unnominated is staggering.
http://time.com/4805557/donald-trump-nominees-appointments-confirmations/
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LTC Stephen F.
I have lived in the Washington, DC area since I was first assigned here in 1989 LTC (Join to see). Back then HIV/AIDS was the supercharged political lightning rod. Most of those stricken with HIV nave long since died as have the ACT UP founders.
Since that point various issues have bubbled up in the DC area. Political correctness is a moving target and its devotees have little sympathy for those who don't keep up :-)
The sequencing of political nominations is part art and science.
1. The science aspect would be based nominating in a sequence that makes sense such as DoD, DoD and DHS Secretaries with NSC and other national security billet positions.
2. The art is associated with the winds of the hot air in the Senate :-)
The dance between the Office of the POTUS and the Senate is intricate. Some moves are open to public scrutiny but most are not - especially any involving national and international security which includes (1) the DoS with ambassadors which is the lions share of the billets; (2) DoD; (3) DHS) and to a lesser extent the VA and the enormous HHS.
FYI Robert Wood Johnson was announced for Ambassador to UK on January 19, 2017 and that nomination is awaiting referral to Foreign Relations committee. The Senate has yet to take up that referral.
What do you think? COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"SSgt Robert Marx TSgt Joe C. SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Robert George SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright COL Charles Williams CPT Gabe Snell LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq.
Since that point various issues have bubbled up in the DC area. Political correctness is a moving target and its devotees have little sympathy for those who don't keep up :-)
The sequencing of political nominations is part art and science.
1. The science aspect would be based nominating in a sequence that makes sense such as DoD, DoD and DHS Secretaries with NSC and other national security billet positions.
2. The art is associated with the winds of the hot air in the Senate :-)
The dance between the Office of the POTUS and the Senate is intricate. Some moves are open to public scrutiny but most are not - especially any involving national and international security which includes (1) the DoS with ambassadors which is the lions share of the billets; (2) DoD; (3) DHS) and to a lesser extent the VA and the enormous HHS.
FYI Robert Wood Johnson was announced for Ambassador to UK on January 19, 2017 and that nomination is awaiting referral to Foreign Relations committee. The Senate has yet to take up that referral.
What do you think? COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"SSgt Robert Marx TSgt Joe C. SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Robert George SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright COL Charles Williams CPT Gabe Snell LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Based on performance so far the White House staff seems incapable of accomplishing anything. Using professional bureaucrats to serve as acting agency directors this long is doing a disservice to that agency. Political agency appointees primary job is to insulate their agency from all the political turmoil. Professional agency people temporarily serving the position only hurts that agency.
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LTC Stephen F. - the wood announcement in Jan is all that has happened. It has not been followed by a nomination at all. So there is not a nomination that is awaiting referral. They are actually waiting for trump to formally nominate him for the position. It's not like he was nominated and the nomination is at the senate waiting on the senate to do something. The senate is waiting on Trump to actually send the nomination to the senate. It hasn't happened yet. It's in Trumps court.
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I have seen senators report that President Trump has not filed the necessary paperwork required to give confirmation. He can't simply say I am nominating so and so. There are procedures in place to get things done. Also, there are many positions he has not even nominated yet. Some require Senate hearings.
I do agree there needs to be a quicker process once nominated. Of course some will not be confirmed, but he has not nominated 428 of 558 positions needing Senate cofirmation. There has been too much gridlock for the last three Presidents. We have the far left and the far right refusing to compromise. We will never get anything done that way.
I do agree there needs to be a quicker process once nominated. Of course some will not be confirmed, but he has not nominated 428 of 558 positions needing Senate cofirmation. There has been too much gridlock for the last three Presidents. We have the far left and the far right refusing to compromise. We will never get anything done that way.
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LTC Stephen F.
Which senators have made the ludicrous charge that the office of the POTUS not filed the necessary paperwork required to give confirmation?
The office of the POTUS vettes each person considered for a nomination which requires senate confirmation [the vast majority of those are ambassadors].
Generally the primary secretarial position is nominated before the subordinate principal positions are.
However in the super-charged LBGT etc, rabid-support environment in the US Senate, only those who haven't spoken publicly seem to have a shot. That is one reason why the background on Ryan McCarthy seems to be close hold right now.
I have lived near Washington DC since I was first stationed here in 1989.
I hope that the Senators who are stonewalling will be blasted by the constituents when they take their underserved recess later this summer SGT (Join to see)
What do you think? COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris RamseyCPL Eric Escasio Sgt Kelli Mays
The office of the POTUS vettes each person considered for a nomination which requires senate confirmation [the vast majority of those are ambassadors].
Generally the primary secretarial position is nominated before the subordinate principal positions are.
However in the super-charged LBGT etc, rabid-support environment in the US Senate, only those who haven't spoken publicly seem to have a shot. That is one reason why the background on Ryan McCarthy seems to be close hold right now.
I have lived near Washington DC since I was first stationed here in 1989.
I hope that the Senators who are stonewalling will be blasted by the constituents when they take their underserved recess later this summer SGT (Join to see)
What do you think? COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris RamseyCPL Eric Escasio Sgt Kelli Mays
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This article from Politico, and yes I know some will trash the article because of the slant, has both Republcan and Democratic senators wondering where the paperwork is. Further in the article it says that the President names the appointees, but the paperwork is slow in getting there. I do not think that is entirely the President's fault, but the secretarial staff has got to speed up the process.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/06/trump-administration-nominees-paperwork-239124
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/06/trump-administration-nominees-paperwork-239124
How Trump is stalling his own nominees
The White House has taken weeks to formally submit nominations to the Senate, even after announcing the picks.
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The Congress is beyond pathetic with all of it frequent breaks and the stalls of action in an environment that could only be defined as slothful. It appears that the Congress long ago forgot what its purpose is supposed to be. The president has been targeted for criticism in not putting nominations forward to a do nothing legislative branch yet all they do is vacate for more vacations.
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