Senate Confirms Trump's Pick for NSA, Cyber Command (politico.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @06:00AM from the for-the-record dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: The Senate Tuesday quietly confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command. U.S. Army Cyber Command chief Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone was unanimously confirmed by voice vote to serve as the "dual-hat" leader of both organizations. The two have shared a leader since the Pentagon established Cyber Command in 2009. He will replace retiring Navy Adm. Mike Rogers after a nearly four-year term. The Senate Intelligence and Armed Services committees both previously approved Nakasone's nomination by voice vote.

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Voice vote? by H3lldr0p · 2018-04-24 06:31 · Score: 0, Flamebait

So that just means we don't get to know who voted for this guy, or even if there were enough votes for him to carry.
When you thought things were getting bad with this admin, their legislative buddies pull another stinker on us. If they had the votes and were confident in the nominee a voice vote wouldn't be necessary. If this guy really was that good, being on record for him wouldn't be an albatross around anyone's neck. But here we are.