July 23, 2014

Creedon Confirmed by Senate as NNSA No. 2 Official

By ExchangeMonitor

Madelyn Creedon was confirmed by the Senate yesterday as the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Principal Deputy Administrator, giving the agency a full complement of Senate-confirmed officials for the first time in nearly 20 months. Creedon, who was confirmed by a voice vote, joins NNSA Administrator Frank Klotz, Defense Programs chief Don Cook and Nonproliferation chief Anne Harrington as the agency’s Senate-confirmed leaders. She will help Klotz run the agency as its No. 2 official, providing leadership in operations as well as policy decisions. It’s unclear when Creedon will be sworn in, but she’ll make the move to Forestall from the Pentagon, where she has served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs since 2011. She previously was a staffer on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and had stints as NNSA’s Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs from 2000 to 2001 and as the Associate Deputy Energy Secretary for National Security Programs from 1995 to 1997.

Creedon was nominated to the position Nov. 7 and reported out by the Senate Armed Services Committee in March but her nomination had languished in the Senate as part of a partisan disagreement over nominees. “Madelyn Creedon’s confirmation comes at a critical point for the National Nuclear Security Administration,” Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in a statement. “She is well-prepared for her new role at the Department as it follows a long career of public service in national security, including at the Department of Defense, with the Senate Armed Services Committee, and, previously, at the Department of Energy. NNSA Administrator Klotz and I thank the Senate for their attention to Madelyn’s nomination, and look forward to working with her.”

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