Back To Work

Following the Thanksgiving holiday break, the Senate Armed Services Committee will quickly get back into the swing of things with a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Lawmakers will consider the nominations of Robert Scher to be assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans and capabilities; Elissa Slotkin to be assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs; David Berteau to be assistant secretary of defense for logistics and materiel readiness; Alissa Starzak to be Army general counsel; and Navy Adm. Harry Harris to be the head of U.S. Pacific Command.