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Obama nominates Amos for commandant post
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jul 20, 2010 14:55:45 EDT
Posted : Tuesday Jul 20, 2010 14:55:45 EDT
President Obama has nominated Gen. Jim Amos to be the 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
In mid-June, Defense Secretary Robert Gates recommended Amos, the current assistant commandant, for the position. Shortly thereafter, Amos met with Obama at the White House.
The Senate Armed Services Committee, which holds confirmation hearings for such appointments, has not scheduled a date for Amos’ hearing.
If confirmed, Amos, a career jet pilot, would become the first aviator to hold the Corps’ top job, and the service’s first assistant commandant to be promoted to the position in almost 30 years.
Amos, 63, would succeed Gen. James T. Conway, whose four-year tenure is expected to conclude in late summer.
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The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a nomination hearing on Sept. 21 for Gen. Jim Amos, nominated to become the 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
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