{"id":320069,"date":"2021-03-26T16:45:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=320069"},"modified":"2021-03-26T16:45:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:45:21","slug":"biden-taps-manchins-wife-for-key-admin-post-after-w-v-democrat-saves-imperiled-dod-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taps-manchins-wife-for-key-admin-post-after-w-v-democrat-saves-imperiled-dod-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Taps Manchin\u2019s Wife for Key Admin Post After W.V. Democrat Saves Imperiled DOD Nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-taps-manchins-wife-for-key-admin-post-after-w-v-democrat-saves-imperiled-dod-nominee%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=320069&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3813.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden tapped Democratic senator Joe Manchin&#8217;s wife for a &#8220;key&#8221; administration post on Friday, two days after the West Virginia senator agreed to cast a last-minute swing vote in favor of Biden&#8217;s beleaguered Pentagon policy nominee, Colin Kahl.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin&#8217;s wife Gayle was nominated as federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission on Friday, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/03\/26\/president-biden-announces-his-intent-to-nominate-key-members-for-the-department-of-labor-department-of-transportation-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-department-of-veterans-affairs-and-app\/\">statement<\/a> from the White House. The $175 million &#8220;economic development partnership agency&#8221; focuses on &#8220;invest[ing] in Appalachia&#8217;s economic future by providing grants, publishing research, and sponsoring learning experiences,&#8221; according to its website.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-taps-manchins-wife-for-key-admin-post-after-w-v-democrat-saves-imperiled-dod-nominee\/\"><strong>Biden Taps Manchin\u2019s Wife for Key Admin Post After W.V. Democrat Saves Imperiled DOD Nominee<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/cyclist-transportation-secretary-wants-to-tax-americans-who-drive-cars\/\"><strong>Cyclist Transportation Secretary Wants to Tax Americans Who Drive Cars<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-pentagon-pick-colin-kahl-denies-leaking-classified-information-on-social-media\/\"><strong>Biden Pentagon Pick Colin Kahl Denies Leaking Classified Information on Social Media<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The news comes two days after Manchin cast the Senate Armed Services Committee&#8217;s deciding vote to advance Kahl&#8217;s nomination for undersecretary of defense for policy to the Senate floor, and raises questions about whether there was any connection between his vote and his wife&#8217;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Manchin nor the White House responded to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Israel groups and West Virginia legislators had urged Manchin to oppose Kahl, citing his extensive involvement in the Iran nuclear deal, his opposition to Iran sanctions, and his criticism of pro-Israel policies. The White House and Democratic operatives also lobbied Manchin heavily to support Kahl.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin was the committee&#8217;s lone Democratic holdout on Kahl until the final hours, telling a CNN reporter the night before the vote that he still hadn&#8217;t made up his mind.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re still working on it. I&#8217;m still working on it,&#8221; Manchin told the reporter. &#8220;I&#8217;m trying to get there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The committee\u2019s final vote was 13-13, split along party lines, the bare minimum Kahl needed to advance to the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans on the committee uniformly opposed Kahl, citing his policy positions and his history of inflammatory, partisan comments on Twitter, including calling the GOP &#8220;the party of ethnic cleansing&#8221; and bad-mouthing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColinKahl\/status\/1268295896736792582\">specific<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-nominee-for-top-defense-post-attacked-gop-in-incendiary-tweets\/\">lawmakers<\/a>. Manchin had previously opposed Neera Tanden as Biden&#8217;s nominee for Office of Management and Budget director\u2014effectively killing her nomination\u2014due to his concerns about her &#8220;partisan&#8221; Twitter posts and ability to work with both parties in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding Kahl means that he could still face a tricky path to confirmation. Sen. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.), who authored the Iran sanctions legislation that Kahl once called &#8220;a diplomatic trainwreck,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2021\/03\/bob-menendez-colin-kahl-nomination\/\">said<\/a> he was undecided on the nominee as of Thursday. Kahl would need full Democratic support, or at least one Republican crossover, to get through the 50-50 Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate has yet to schedule a final floor vote on Kahl, which is expected to take place after lawmakers return from recess in mid-April.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n\t\t<!-- \/339474670\/Freebeacon\/InContent --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden tapped Democratic senator Joe Manchin&#8217;s wife for a &#8220;key&#8221; administration post on Friday, two days after the West Virginia senator agreed to cast a last-minute swing vote &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311218,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3813.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Taps Manchin\u2019s Wife for Key Admin Post After W.V. 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