The Senate on Aug. 11 confirmed a new commander for U.S. Southern Command and a new undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. The pace of confirmations ticked up with the approach of the August recess. The Senate confirmed Army Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson, commander ...
The Pentagon is expected to name the acting undersecretary of defense for research and engineering as early as July 13, with the department’s current director of defense, research, and engineering for modernization to perform the duties in the interim. Michael D. Griffin, who held the ...