Senate confirms first openly gay official to top civilian Army post

CNN: The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Eric Fanning to be secretary of the Army, making him the first openly gay secretary of a U.S. military branch.
Fanning's nomination to the position, made by President Barack Obama last September, had been held up in the Senate by Republican Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, who wanted assurances from the administration that detainees at Guantanamo Bay would not be transferred to the U.S. military prison at Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas as part of the administration's policy to try and close the prison in Cuba.

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