{"id":47062,"date":"2019-07-22T03:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T03:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/22\/this-week-in-congress-filling-the-pentagons-vacancies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:50:31","slug":"this-week-in-congress-filling-the-pentagons-vacancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/07\/22\/this-week-in-congress-filling-the-pentagons-vacancies\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Congress: Filling the Pentagon\u2019s vacancies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate leaders hope to move ahead on putting several new military leaders in place before lawmakers head home for their August break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, the chamber is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/07\/18\/sasc-approves-esper-and-milley-to-lead-pentagon-teeing-up-final-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\">expected to confirm Army Secretary Mark Esper<\/a> as the new Defense Secretary and Gen. 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Getting those top defense officials in place could provide some stability in the Pentagon, where military officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/07\/14\/pentagon-in-its-longest-ever-stretch-of-leadership-limbo\/\" target=_blank>waited more than 200 days<\/a> for a permanent replacement to former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaders from both chambers are also expected this week to make a push for an overarching budget deal for fiscal 2020, an agreement which would prevent a potential partial government shutdown when lawmakers return to Washington, D.C. in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<strong>Tuesday, July 23<\/strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nSenate Foreign Relations \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 Capitol S116<br>\r\n<i>Nominations<\/i><br>\r\nThe committee will review several pending bills and nominations, including Kelly Craft to be the new U.S. representative to the United Nations. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nHouse 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