This appointment is a huge step towards ending the tone of intolerance towards skilled and essential personnel. Eric Fanning, Civilian Adviser, Named Secretary of the Army http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/us/eric-fanning-civilian-adviser-named-secretary-of-the-army.html?_r=0 By HELENE COOPER SEPT. 18, 2015 WASHINGTON — President Obama is nominating Eric K. Fanning, a close civilian adviser to Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, to be the […]