Six DOD nominees advance to Senate for confirmation

The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted to advance the nominations of six individuals tapped for senior Pentagon posts.

The committee approved the nominations of Gabriel Camarillo to be under secretary of the Army; Rachel Jacobson to be Army assistant secretary for energy, installations, and environment; Alex Wagner to be Air Force assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs; Andrew Hunter to be Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics; David Honey to be deputy under secretary of defense for research and engineering; and Corey Hinderstein to be deputy administrator for defense nuclear nonproliferation at the National Nuclear Security Administration.

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