{"id":71945,"date":"2017-05-09T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=71945"},"modified":"2017-05-09T08:44:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T12:44:53","slug":"heather-wilson-confirmed-as-air-force-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=71945","title":{"rendered":"Heather Wilson confirmed as Air Force Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to Fox News<\/a>, Heather Wilson was the first Trump appointee confirmed as a service chief.<\/p>\n

Senators voted 76-22 Monday to approve Wilson, who represented New Mexico in the House before becoming a defense industry consultant. Her post-congressional work drew scrutiny for several Democrats, who had questioned an arrangement with government laboratories that paid her $20,000 a month. Wilson denied any impropriety.<\/p>\n

Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, said he voted against Wilson’s nomination because of his lingering concerns with the payments. Reed also cited as troubling a call Wilson made a decade ago while still a member of Congress to a federal prosecutor handling a politically charged corruption probe.<\/p>\n

Trump’s attempts to fill the other two service secretary jobs have failed so far. His picks for secretaries of the Army and Navy were forced to withdraw from consideration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Palm Center<\/a> also opposed Wilson for her positions on LGBT issues;<\/p>\n

As a member of Congress, Rep. Wilson consistently opposed measures to protect LGBT Americans from discrimination or grant them equal protection under the law. As a senate candidate, Rep. Wilson opposed a bill intended to reduce anti-LGBT bullying, saying that victims should simply be stronger and more \u2018comfortable with themselves\u2019 instead of expecting perpetrators to be held accountable. In the Air Force, where it\u2019s imperative to make clear that sexual harassment and anti-LGBT conduct have no place, this is a troubling position for any senior leader to adopt. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But their whining came to naught.<\/p>\n

Thanks to HMC Ret for the tip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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