Concerns are growing at the Pentagon as Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville keeps blocking critical military nominations
Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville has single-handedly blocked the nominations to protest new Pentagon policies ensuring service members have access to reproductive health care following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last year. Tuberville first threatened to put a hold on DOD nominees in December, and followed through in March.
” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin defended the policies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week, arguing that withholding approval on recommendations for promotion “makes us far less ready than we need to be.” Tuberville wrote in the Wall Street Journal this week that he would maintain his hold on nominations until the Pentagon “changes its policy and follows the Constitution.
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