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This is a list of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation. Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution and law of the United States , certain federal positions appointed by the president of the United States require confirmation ( advice and consent ) of the United States Senate .
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate approved three high-level military promotions on Thursday, sidestepping one Republican senator's months-long blockade of hundreds of promotions. The Senate ...
The Senate approved the military promotions by voice vote. A roll call vote was not taken because no one objected to approving the nominations.
The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthslong blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon ...
Office Nominee Assumed office Left office — Secretary of Defense. Lloyd Austin: January 22, 2021 [2] (Confirmed January 22, 2021, 93–2) [RC 1] Deputy Secretary of Defense
The secretary of defense, Army secretary, and Army chief of staff all recommended that the president nominate Lieutenant General Walter E. Piatt, but members of Congress blamed Piatt for delaying the military response to the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, so the White House blocked his nomination until the Pentagon gave ...
The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed the promotion of Army Lieutenant General Christopher Donahue, who had been a commander in Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal, after it was briefly blocked ...
Promotion to three- and four-star grades on the retired list originally required the same presidential nomination and Senate confirmation as an active-duty assignment. The Senate routinely confirmed three- and four-star officers to retire in grade until the early 1990s, when a series of controversial retirements drew heightened scrutiny, first ...