The Senate on Friday confirmed Michael W. Wynne to be the new Secretary of the Air Force. (DR, 10/07/05) In the last action of the day, Senate Majority leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) asked for and received a unanimous confirmation of Wynne.
The Air Force has spent more than two years studying cancer risks to Airmen who work with the service's intercontinental ballistic missiles. Now lawmakers in Congress are placing fresh scrutiny on the issue and have prepared legislation that would direct the service to clean silos and launch facilities.