{"id":28059,"date":"2019-07-16T16:36:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T16:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/16\/final-vote-on-esper-as-defense-secretary-likely-within-days\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:46:42","slug":"final-vote-on-esper-as-defense-secretary-likely-within-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2019\/07\/16\/final-vote-on-esper-as-defense-secretary-likely-within-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Final vote on Esper as defense secretary likely within days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate leaders are hoping to vote on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/07\/15\/pentagon-nominee-esper-a-former-raytheon-lobbyist-must-extend-recusal\/\" target=_blank> Mark Esper\u2019s nomination<\/a> to become the next defense secretary as early as this Thursday, but likely will have to wait until next week instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The extra wait would add just a few days to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/newsletters\/tv-next-episode\/2019\/07\/15\/leadership-changes-rock-the-pentagon-defense-news-weekly-july-12-2019\/\" target=_blank>nearly 200 days the Pentagon has gone without a permanent top leader<\/a> this year, by far the longest absence in the history of the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Republicans have moved quickly on Esper\u2019s nomination in recent days, scheduling his confirmation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/07\/16\/can-mark-esper-save-dod-senators-sure-hope-so\/\" target=_blank>hearing<\/a> for just hours after his official paperwork arrived on Capitol Hill and pushing for a final chamber vote just 48 hours after that questioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/07\/15\/navy-secretary-temporarily-takes-over-pentagons-top-job-ahead-of-esper-confirmation-hearing\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SECNAV-SPENCER-1.jpg-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy secretary temporarily takes over Pentagon\u2019s top job ahead of Esper confirmation hearing<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Navy Secretary Richard Spencer is expected to perform two of the Pentagon&#039;s top roles in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said the moves were made with \u201ca sense of urgency\u201d about the Pentagon leadership vacancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country, he argued, needs \u201ca strong secretary of defense who enjoys the trust and confidence of the president and who has the support of those entrusted with critical civilian leadership positions in the Department of Defense, more than a dozen of which still need to be filled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But skipping ahead to a vote this week would require cooperation from all of the other senators in the chamber to waive parliamentary rules. That seemed unlikely after Tuesday\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esper, who has served as Army secretary since November 2017, enjoys broad support among Republicans and Democrats in the Senate. He faced few tough questions during his confirmation hearing, save for a heated exchange over his defense industry ties with Sen. 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