UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT (Senate - February 25, 1992)

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JOINT REFERRAL OF THE NOMINATION OF A MILITARY OFFICER TO BE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, as if in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that during the 102d Congress, any nomination of a military officer to be the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence that includes a nomination that the officer, while so serving, shall have the rank of lieutenant general, vice admiral, general, or admiral, as the case may be, shall be referred jointly to the Committee on Armed Service and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; and that when the Senate considers this matter, separate votes occur on the nomination to be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence and the nomination to have a particular military rank while serving in the position of Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, it is my understanding that the President soon may nominate a military officer to serve as the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and that the officer also will be nominated to have a 3- or 4-star rank while so serving. Such a nomination would involve the jurisdictional interests of both the Armed Services Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. These committees have agreed that any such nomination should be treated in the same manner as the nomination of Adm. Bobby Inman to be the Deputy Director in 1981. At that time, the nomination was referred jointly to the Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. After both committees reported the nomination, the Senate voted separately on the nomination of Admiral Inman to have the military rank of admiral while serving as the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and on the nomination of Admiral Inman to serve as the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.

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