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DOPMA standardized four-star appointments across all services, replacing the previous service-specific mechanisms. Under the Officer Personnel Act, four-star officers held that grade ex officio while serving in a position of importance and responsibility designated to carry that grade, and upon vacating that position reverted to two-star major general or rear admiral, the highest permanent ...
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Industrial Base Policy) Laura D. Taylor-Kale [52] April 3, 2023 (Confirmed March 30, 2023, 63–27) [RC 13] — — Assistant Secretary of Defense (Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs) TBA – – Brandi Vann: April 8, 2024 Incumbent: Deborah Rosenblum [40] August 4, 2021 (Confirmed July 29, 2021 ...
Defense secretary Melvin Laird meets with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in January 1973. Clockwise from left: Moorer, Abrams, Zumwalt, Cushman, Ryan, and Laird. After World War II, four-star appointments were governed by the Officer Personnel Act (OPA) of 1947 until the passage of the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) in 1980.
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of State by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. As of August 2, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 41 nominees have been confirmed, 15 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 5 positions do not have nominees, and 20 appointments have been made to positions ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, on Wednesday said he is not backing down even as his nomination to lead the Pentagon ...
His nomination was approved by a 16–6 vote from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on January 31, 2017. [163] On March 1, 2017, Zinke was confirmed by the Senate in a vote of 68–31, becoming the first Navy SEAL to occupy a Cabinet position. [164] [165] Zinke resigned as Secretary of the Interior on January 2, 2019.
The White House is firing back and defending President Biden and his administration from intra-party criticism that he has not done enough to combat President-elect Donald Trump and help lay a ...
Hegseth's nomination has been teetering, though, amid a series of revelations about his personal life. He was accused of sexual assault, which he denies and for which he has never faced charges.