Geren to remain until successor confirmed

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Army Secretary Pete Geren said he will stay on the job until a successor is named at the request of Defense Secretary Robert Gates.


Geren to remain until successor confirmed
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Dec 22, 2008 20:01:15 EST

Army Secretary Pete Geren will stay on the job until his successor takes over under the new Obama administration, the Army announced Monday.

A successor has not yet been named.

Geren, a former Democratic congressman from Fort Worth, Texas, was confirmed for the Army’s top civilian leadership position in July 2007.

He had been acting secretary since March of that year when then-Secretary Francis J. Harvey was forced to resign following revelations that wounded soldiers were languishing in medical hold companies and poor housing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

In a statement released Monday, Geren said he will stay on at the request of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, whom President-elect Barack Obama has asked to continue serving in his administration.


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