Robert Scher, nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities has been reported to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote, a Senate staffer confirmed yesterday. Scher was one of three civilian nominees yesterday that the Senate Armed Services Committee favorably reported out, by voice vote, to the Senate floor. Scher was one of a handful of Pentagon nominees whose would-be second SASC hearing scheduled for yesterday was canceled. During the SASC hearing last week, Scher signaled support for modernization. “[W]e have spent a lot of time working to ensure we understand the needs of the defense nuclear enterprise and actually are funding it at a rate that is that we think will make sure that we can preserve the modernization of it and fix some of the problems that were found in the multiple reviews,” Scher said during the hearing, responding to a question posed by committee chair Carl Levin (D-Mich.). The nominated position was created as part of a reorganization of DoD’s Office of Policy. It remains unclear when the Senate will vote on Scher’s confirmation.
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