Nominations Approved

By John Liang / March 15, 2011 at 3:22 PM

Before beginning its hearing on the situation in Afghanistan this morning, the Senate Armed Services Committee via voice vote approved the nominations of Michael Vickers to become the top Pentagon intelligence official and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey to become his service's next chief of staff.

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