Talk:National Command Authority
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I think we should clean up the end of the article as there seems to be a disagreement in the article as to whether the President can use an acting Secretary of Defense for the NCA. While the edit at the bottom of the article is correct in saying the President needs the confirmation of the Senate to appoint a new Secretary of Defense, it's also true that the President can appoint an acting Secretary of Defense until a confirmation vote happens. As far as I know an acting Sec. of Def. would have the same authority as a confirmed one but whether this specific authority is automatically transferred, I don't know. Without any research, I would assume it does but then again its such a serious issue maybe Congress excluded this authority. Then again maybe it does transfer since a decision needs to be made extremely quickly. Does anyone have any evidence either way? (It'd also be nice to cite this authority in the article too) --Hammy 13:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
