{"id":31496,"date":"2018-10-12T13:45:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T13:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/12\/senate-confirms-new-leaders-for-southcom-us-forces-korea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:05:53","slug":"senate-confirms-new-leaders-for-southcom-us-forces-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/10\/12\/senate-confirms-new-leaders-for-southcom-us-forces-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms new leaders for SOUTHCOM, US Forces Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Amid a flurry of pre-election confirmations Thursday, Senate lawmakers finalized plans for new leaders of U.S. forces in South Korea<\/a> and U.S. Southern Command<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The moves came in wrap-up work as lawmakers head back to their districts for a month-long legislative break of campaigning. The House began its recess late last month, and both chambers aren\u2019t scheduled to return to town until a week after the Nov. 6 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Republican leaders had threatened to keep their chamber in session for the entirety of October if a deal couldn\u2019t be reached on a host of pending judicial nominations<\/a> opposed by Democrats. Fifteen such nominees were approved in a deal on Thursday, the latest in a sizable wave of new judges picked by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\t