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Fanning Temporarily Resigns As Acting Army Secretary

Pat Host

Monday, January 11th, 2016

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Fanning Temporarily Resigns As Acting Army Secretary

Army Undersecretary Patrick Murphy. Photo: Army.

Eric Fanning has temporarily resigned as acting Army secretary to focus on “achieving confirmation,” according to Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook.Newly sworn-in Under Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy will serve as acting Army secretary for a “short duration,” Cook said in an email. Murphy was sworn in as the 32nd Army under secretary on Jan. 4 and assumed duties as the Army’s Chief Management Officer (CMO).Cook said in his statement that members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) have…

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