BREAKING: U.S. Senate backs Eric Fanning, first openly gay army secretary
- 8 years ago
The U.S. Senate unanimously supported President Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Fanning as secretary of the Army on Tuesday, making him the first openly gay leader of a US military service branch Fanning previously worked as undersecretary of the Air Force and chief of staff to Defense Secretary Ash Carter He was confirmed by unanimous vote eight months after his nomination