One of the two Senate ‘holds’ blocking action on President Bush’s nominee to head the Army Corps of Engineers has been lifted. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) announced April 27 that he had removed his procedural hold on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., Bush’s choice to be Corps commander and the Army’s Chief of Engineers.
Louisiana’s other Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), who continues to have a hold on the nomination, plans to announce a final decision on April 30, after a scheduled afternoon meeting with Van Antwerp in Washington, says Adam Sharp, Landrieu’s communications director.