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I am grateful for his commitment to our men and women in uniform, and I am confident he will help lead America&#8217;s Soldiers with distinction,&#8221; Obama said in an announcement Friday. &#8220;I look forward to working with Eric to keep our Army the very best in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fanning has been serving as the acting under secretary of the Army since June. Before that, he served as Carter\u2019s chief of staff. If confirmed by the Senate, Fanning will succeed <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Army Secretary John <\/span>McHugh, who has said he will leave the post by Nov. 1 after six years on the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement ended months of speculation around Fanning, considered <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">the leading candidate and\u00a0<\/span>one of the most capable leaders in the Pentagon. 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It is unclear who would replace Fanning in that role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nomination presumptively rounds out Carter&#8217;s leadership team in the Pentagon, beside\u00a0Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Air Force Gen. Paul Selva,\u00a0vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs; Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, and\u00a0Gen. Mark Milley, the Army chief of staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fanning&#8217;s nomination comes during a critical transition period for the Army, which has not only seen key leadership changes at the top but also continues to struggle with increasingly tight budgets and growing demands for troops all around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The service just last month welcomed <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Gen. Mark <\/span>Milley as its new chief of staff. Patrick Murphy, the first Iraq war veteran elected to Congress, is pending Senate confirmation to be the service\u2019s next under secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the looming threat of even deeper cuts beginning Oct. 1 as a backdrop, the Army has already cut 80,000 soldiers from its active-duty force. 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