Senate votes to confirm eight Pentagon political appointees

The Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to confirm eight of President Donald Trump's picks to help lead the Department of Defense, more than doubling the number of his administration's political appointees at the Pentagon.The list of eight confirmations included Richard Spencer to be Secretary of the Navy and Ellen Lord to be the Undersecretary of Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.Spencer, a former US Marine Corps aviator and Wall Street executive, is only the second service secretary to be con