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Monday, June 19th, 2023

Tuberville rejects GOP attempts to end military promotions blockade

Author:     ALEXANDER WARD, JOE GOULD and CONNOR O’BRIEN
Source:     Politico
Publication Date:     06/14/2023 12:10 PM EDT
 Link: Tuberville rejects GOP attempts to end military promotions blockade
Stephan:  

How far are the Republicans willing to go to control women? Senator Tommy Tuberville, who I personally think is a classic rather dim christofascist, is causing damage to the entire military over the military’s paying pregnant women in the military stationed in Red states to go to Blue states if they want to have an abortion. If you are a senior officer who has spent the last 20 years of your life in service, and you have been selected for promotion and a new assignment, that is a major event in your life, and significant for your service as well. Tuberville is just screwing all of that up. It’s insane.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville received a vote on a related push to scrap rules issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand abortion access. Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Sen. Tommy Tuberville is rejecting off-ramps and advice from more senior Republicans to end his hold on military promotions, even as Pentagon officials step up their warnings that the maneuver is compromising America’s security.

The Alabama lawmaker’s colleagues have approached him in recent weeks to broker a compromise that would allow roughly 250 senior officer promotions to clear the Senate. The hold threatens to ensnare President Joe Biden’s pick for Joint Chiefs chair, Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown, along with others preparing to rotate in as senior military leaders prepare to retire.

Tuberville first imposed the blocks in protest of the Defense Department’s new policy to pay travel costs for service members seeking abortion or other reproductive care. He claims that decision from late last year cuts against the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, and vows to maintain the holds until Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin changes course or the senator […]

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2 Comments

  1. Rev. Dean on Monday, June 19, 2023 at 3:40 am

    We should have listened to Eisenhower when he warned us about the “Military-Industrial-Banking” Complex!

  2. Terri Quint on Monday, June 19, 2023 at 4:51 am

    So a new laws definitely needs to be passed that a majority must decide who is or is not being promoted—–note one single person!!! That’s why we have a democracy!

    Terri Quint