Wormuth confirmed as first woman Army secretary -- then she was unconfirmed

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Army Times

Pentagon & Congress

Wormuth confirmed as first woman Army secretary — then she was unconfirmed

Davis Winkie
9 hours ago

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the Senate’s reversal of Wormuth’s confirmation.

Christine Wormuth nearly became the first woman in U.S. history to ascend to the Army’s top civilian post when the Senate confirmed her Wednesday evening — until the body reversed her confirmation just hours later in an unusual development.

CSPAN footage of the proceedings shows Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announcing the reversal. Schumer’s staff did not immediately respond to a request for clarification from Army Times, and the senator deleted a previous tweet hailing Wormuth’s confirmation. ... Wormuth’s confirmation was the only one reversed.

Wormuth had already acknowledged her confirmation online, saying she was “so honored to be confirmed as Secretary of the Army” in response to a friend’s tweet. Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston had also shared his congratulations with his new civilian boss as well.

Roll Call reporter Andrew Clevenger described the move as “more like a procedural hiccup than a threat to her historic confirmation” in a Wednesday evening tweet. ... Had she been confirmed, Wormuth would have faced difficult decisions from her first week onward, with the service bracing for potential cuts in the fiscal year 2021 budget. President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to release its official budget request this week.

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Read more: https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/05/26/wormuth-first-woman-confirmed-as-army-secretary/

[70sEraVet]

1. So what happened?

Did the CyberNijas do a recount of her confirmation votes?

[ananda]

2. So will there be a do-over?

That's the impression I got.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. "The Army's top civilian post."

Is there a list of the people that filled that position throughout the years?"

[COL Mustard]

4. Wikipedia Is Your Friend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Strange that they would call them, "the top civilian."

[onenote]

6. Not strange at all. Being Secretary of the Army doesn't make you a member of the military.

Wormuth, for example, has never served in the military as far as I know. Previous Secretaries have included former members of the military, but they weren't military when they became Secretary.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. It's just that I have heard that title before and it wasn't in relation to Secretary of the Army.

[Happy Hoosier]

10. As opposed the the Army Chief of Staff....

which is a military post.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. I'm just saying, I heard that term before, in relation to another position within the Army.

[Happy Hoosier]

14. What post?

The service secretaries are the highest civilian post of a particular service.

I worked for the Navy for 20 years..... lead by the Secretary of the Navy (SecNav).

[Historic NY]

15. Its all goes back to March 15, 1783......the Newburgh Address

When Gen George Washington affirmed that the congress had control over the military. That body being civilian. There was an attempt to overture the congress supplanting Washington as the de facto ruler. There was already a Congress skid dish about having a standing army, that could be used at the whim of the leader. Much like what was happening in Europe. By the time the constitution was settled these action was still mindful, and of much debate.


[link:https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/newburgh-address/|]


I live a very short distance from this place.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. And now she's confirmed again - story updated

After rare reversal, Wormuth confirmed once again as first woman Army secretary


New Army secretary Christine Wormuth can breathe a sigh of relief after the Senate confirmed her via unanimous consent Thursday morning. She is the first woman in U.S. history to ascend to the Army’s top civilian post.

The Senate appeared to have confirmed her Wednesday night — until the body reversed her confirmation just hours later in an unusual development.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect changes Thursday morning, after Christine Wormuth’s initial confirmation was reversed late Wednesday night for reasons that were not made immediately clear.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/05/26/wormuth-first-woman-confirmed-as-army-secretary/

[George II]

17. I was just going to point that out. Good news!

[FailureToCommunicate]

9. Holding applause till the ink dries. Or whatever.

[Hortensis]

12. Lol, failure to communicate? She's confirmed.

The redo was the kind of procedural whatever we don't usually hear about.

[FailureToCommunicate]

18. Okay then...

[Happy Hoosier]

11. Okay, I'm curious about this.

How does one "reverse" a confirmation. Did they jump the gun in announcing the confirmation too early?

[quaint]

16. Just a misunderstanding _(ツ)_/

On May 24, her nomination was reported out of the Senate Armed Services Committee by voice vote. The following day, her nomination was confirmed by the Senate by unanimous consent, but there was a misunderstanding about opposition from a Republican senator, and her confirmation was subsequently reversed hours later. The following day, the issue was resolved and Wormuth was then officially confirmed on May 27 by voice vote.

from wikipedia my emphasis