Under the Vacancies Reform Act, a president may pick someone other than a No. 2 official to serve as acting head of an agency so long as that appointee is either a sufficiently senior official at the same agency or is currently serving in a Senate-confirmed position in the broader executive branch.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/us/politics/john-ratcliffe-sue-gordon.html
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https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/08/02/more-than-two-dozen-missing-korean-war-troops-just-identified-from-returned-remains/
More than two dozen missing Korean war troops just identified from returned remains
>Under the Vacancies Reform Act, a president may pick someone other than a No. 2 official to serve as acting head of an agency so long as that appointee is either a sufficiently senior official at the same agency or is currently serving in a Senate-confirmed position in the broader executive branch.
>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/us/politics/john-ratcliffe-sue-gordon.html
https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2019/08/02/president-trump-going-drain-swamp-must-not-accept-susan-gordon-acting-dni/
If President Trump Is Going To Drain The Swamp He Must Not Accept Susan Gordon As Acting DNI
Posted at 4:12 pm on August 2, 2019 by streiff