[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 140 (Friday, October 28, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12056-S12057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


      NOMINATION OF MICHAEL WYNNE TO BE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

  Mr. FRIST. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 409, 
the nomination of Michael Wynne to be Secretary of the Air Force. I 
further ask unanimous consent that the nomination be confirmed, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action, and finally that the 
Senate then return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:


                         Department of Defense

       Michael W. Wynne, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Air 
     Force.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.
  Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I thank the distinguished majority 
leader. Our committee acted on this nomination yesterday. There has 
been a vacancy in the Secretary's Office of the



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Air Force for some period of time. I thank the members from both sides 
of the aisle of the Armed Services Committee who have cooperated with 
me as chairman to get this nomination through today.
  Mike Wynne is an extraordinary individual, eminently well qualified 
to lead the Department of the Air Force with great pride and integrity. 
He is a West Point graduate, served on active duty in the military. He 
has had extraordinary experience and degrees from the Institute of 
Technology, a master's, and on it goes. He has been in the Department 
of Defense in a variety of positions, and he was recently Under 
Secretary for Acquisition Technology and Logistics. I cannot think of a 
better qualified individual than Mike Wynne to take on this important 
task.
  I yield the floor.

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