Trump's Nominations approved by Senate 51–47

The U.S. Senate on Sept. 18 voted in one step to confirm 48 nominations made by President Donald Trump to various executive branch agencies

It's about time!

The move came a week after the chamber adopted a new rule allowing Trump’s nominees to be confirmed more quickly.

The nominations included several national security-related positions. They included former U.S. Rep. Brandon Williams (R-N.Y.) to be undersecretary of energy for nuclear security and head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, Michael Cadenazzi to be assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy, and Katherine Sutton to be assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy.

The list also included nominations for Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), to be ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr. and ex-wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, to be ambassador to Greece.

The nominations were approved by a vote of 51–47. Some of the nominations had been pending since Jan. 20, the day Trump took office, because Senate Democrats denied unanimous consent to procedural measures needed to advance them quickly.

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