In another historical moment for the Obama
administration, the Senate on Tuesday evening confirmed the long-stalled
nomination of Eric Fanning to be Army secretary.
Fanning thus becomes the first openly gay leader of any U.S. military service.
The voice vote came after Sen. Pat Roberts,
R-Kan.m dropped his opposition in a dispute over Obama administration
efforts to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer
detainees to the U.S.
Roberts said he received assurances from the
administration in private discussions that the clock has run out on
moving detainees to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Source: NBC News
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