Army leaders: McCain will not block nominees over self-mutilation waivers report

The Army’s acting secretary and top general said Wednesday that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will not hold up Pentagon nominees after they attempted to debunk a recent article about the service recruiting soldiers with a history of self-mutilation.

“We had a lengthy discussion … relating to them that there is no change and this was essentially a mischaracterization of the [Army recruiting] policy. They just wanted us to send them back a note in writing, which will be back there today I believe,” Acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told reporters this morning. “They will not hold the nominations.”