DOD nominee hearings slated for next week

The Senate Armed Services Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing for three key Defense Department nominees next week.

On Jan. 13, the committee is scheduled to hear from Celeste Wallander, the nominee to be assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs; Melissa Dalton, to be assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and hemispheric affairs; and John Plumb, the nominee to be assistant secretary of defense for space policy.