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BULLETIN--PRESIDENT OBAMA NOMINATES CONGRESSMAN MC.HUGH ARMY SECRETARY |
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CONGRESSMAN JOHN MC.HUGH IS PRESIDENT OBAMA’S CHOICE TO BE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY. MC.HUGH IS THE RANKING REPUBLICAN ON THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, THE KEY LIAISON BETWEEN CONGRESS AND THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION BASED AT FORT DRUM, NOW THE MOST-DEPLOYED TROOPS IN THE US MILITARY. OBAMA MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT JUST BEFORE NOON TODAY, SAYING THE NINE-TERM CONGRESSMAN IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED OBAMA HIGHLIGHTED MC.HUGH’S PREVIOUS SERVICE ON THE HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE, AND THREE INTELLIGENCE SUB-COMMITTEES IN THE CURRENT CONGRESS THE MC.HUGH NOMINATION IS SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY THE SENATE. THE CROSS-PARTY NOMINATION OF MC.HUGH TO THE ARMY POST CONTINUES A SERIES OF SUCH APPOINTMENTS MADE BY OBAMA SINCE TAKING OVER IN JANUARY. SPECULATION HAS ALREADY ARISEN ABOUT THE RACE FOR MC.HUGH’S 23RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SEAT IF HE GETS THE TOP ARMY JOB. THE WEB SITE NEWZJUNKY HAS SAID DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR DARREL AUBERTINE AND REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLYWOMAN DEDE SCOZZAFAVA MIGHT DO BATTLE FOR THE POST.
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