Senate committee advances two nominees

The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Tuesday to advance two key Pentagon cyber and intelligence nominees.

The committee voted to approve the nominations of Tonya Wilkerson to be under secretary of defense for intelligence and security and Michael Sulmeyer to be assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy. If confirmed, Sulmeyer will be the first ASD for cyber policy to ever serve at the Defense Department.

The nominees now advance to the full Senate for confirmation votes.