By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Sep 28, 2007 10:37:35 EDT
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved the nomination of a new chief of naval operations and the appointment of new leaders for three major commands.
In a vote Thursday night held just off the Senate floor, the committee approved Adm. Gary Roughead to be the Navy’s leader and confirmed the nominations for the heads of the U.S. Strategic Command, the U.S. Joint Forces Command and new U.S. Africa Command.
Marine Lt. Gen. James Mattis would receive a fourth star and be the U.S. Joint Forces Command commander, a job that includes the post of being the U.S. Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation. Army Gen. William Ward would be the four-star commander of the Africa Command, Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton would be the Strategic Command chief.
