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A Republican senator threatened to block President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to be the next secretary of the Army<\/a> over a single officer\u2019s pay issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The threat over an unnamed Army major\u2019s missing $50,000 came during an otherwise non-controversial nomination hearing for Christine Wormuth, who would be the first woman to hold the top civilian post overseeing the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen a problem has to be solved by a congressional inquiry that has to go all the way to the senator\u2026threatening to hold a nominee\u2019s confirmation up, that\u2019s bad,\u201d said Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. \u201cI\u2019m trying to help a major whose pay has been incorrect for over ten months now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pay issue is raised at a time when civilian and uniformed Army leaders have been touting a renewed emphasis on placing \u201cpeople first\u201d by rolling out new talent management and quality of life initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cramer\u2019s spokesman, Jake Wilkins, told Army Times in an email that the senator is prepared to block Wormuth\u2019s nomination over the issue, \u201cbut he is hopeful he will not have to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Senator Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) speaks during a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for Denis McDonough, U.S. secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, on January 27, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo Sarah Silbiger-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wilkins declined to share more information about the affected soldier, including the reason why the issue arose in the first place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The affected soldier, who is in a family of four, has been underpaid by more than $50,000, according to Cramer, who said his office has been trying to resolve the problem for two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cramer expressed his frustration over the response from the Army, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Africa Command<\/a> \u201ccouldn\u2019t fix the soldier\u2019s problem until he closed out his inquiry,\u201d said Cramer. \u201cNow, I shouldn\u2019t have to tell you how that sounds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wormuth agreed about the seriousness of the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t have situations where we\u2019re not paying our soldiers the money that they earn for ten months,\u201d said Wormuth. \u201cFrom my understanding\u2026there isn\u2019t a good reason why this happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cramer set a June 1 deadline for the soldier to receive his backpay, which Wormuth thinks the Army is on track to meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cramer, though, won\u2019t be convinced until the money is in the affected soldier\u2019s bank account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the answer that I\u2019m looking for, and I trust you with it, but I don\u2019t yet trust the Army. I might have eight months ago,\u201d said the senator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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