Posted on 08/15/2023 2:19:05 AM PDT by RandFan
Three military services are now without Senate-confirmed heads for the first time in history, as Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) holds up the confirmations of more than 300 senior military officers to protest the Pentagon’s new abortion policy.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday stepped down from his role Monday, leaving the Navy, Army and Marine Corps with acting heads.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday slammed the holds, which are stretching into a fifth month with no resolution in sight.
“Because of this blanket hold, for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense, three of our military services are operating without Senate confirmed leaders,” Austin said during a relinquishment ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. “This is unprecedented, it is unnecessary, and it is unsafe. And this sweeping hold in undermining America’s military readiness.”
President Biden nominated Adm. Lisa Franchetti to become the first woman to lead the Navy. She will instead take over in an acting capacity.
The policy Tuberville is protesting allows for paid leave and travel reimbursement for service members seeking an abortion, which Tuberville argues is a violation of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funds from being used for abortion.
Arguing the U.S. troops “deserve better,” Austin said the blockade of military promotions is preventing the military services from retaining the “very best” officers while “upending” too many American families.
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Don't back down!
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t even exist until the 1940s. I’m sure this nation can get along without them.
Think MUTINY Milley will reach out to his CCPIC for a solution ?
Just make sure they’re all vaxxed. That’s the most important thing.
This is a total nonevent. Glad they’re gone, they gave such great advice to Brandon regarding Afghanistan. /sarcasm
“Austin said the blockade of military promotions is preventing the military services from retaining the “very best” officers”
This POS should be Court Marshalled.
The problems in the Military run so deep, and it only took Biden and Austin 2.5 years to burn it down. If these two get a second teem we will all be speaking Chineese by 2026.
Stand firm. Give us the illusion we are winning at something. Anything
Nonsense. The Senate can call the roll. They don’t want to.
All Tuberville is doing is denying unanimous consent.
Because he doesn’t consent.
And, I think the USAF chief of staff, is a woke A hole. I was suspicious of that dude, from day one.
“...with no resolution in sight.”
I see a simple resolution. Let’s put on our thinking hats.
EC
Lemme guess...they all look like Dick “Rachel” Levine.
To watch Pentagon spokesman Kirby define the abortion as a SACRED right for the servicemen/women in his presser is appalling. God help this nation. We have fallen.
STAY STRONG, TOMMY! Our military has been CORRUPTED!
Might actually help to get those recruiting numbers up when you look at who the demented diaper sh!tter has nominated.
Austin needs to leave. That would improve the military greatly.
All the Pentagon has to do is stop being a car service for abortion seekers, and the military will get its officers.
Is that hard to understand?
Traitorjoe and the SecDefcompoop should be held accountable for giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States.
Next man up. The deputies can clearly act in their stead. It is how the military is supposed to operate.
All we need are a few good men...
Are there none left in the US military ???
I imagine the only idiots willing to take the jobs are bimbos from Jamaica and India.
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