{"id":1872423,"date":"2023-03-08T22:42:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T03:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-follows-through-with-threat-to-block-pentagon-appointments-following-abortion-access-push\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T22:43:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T03:43:16","slug":"tuberville-follows-through-with-threat-to-block-pentagon-appointments-following-abortion-access-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-follows-through-with-threat-to-block-pentagon-appointments-following-abortion-access-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuberville follows through with threat to block Pentagon appointments following abortion access push"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftuberville-follows-through-with-threat-to-block-pentagon-appointments-following-abortion-access-push%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1872423&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78304703\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Senate Intelligence Committee grills intel officials Biden admin blocking access in document cases\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee grilled intel officials this week on why the Biden administration continues to block their access in the Trump and Biden document cases. 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He followed through on his threat to stop <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Defense<\/a> In response to an attempt by the Pentagon for women to have access to abortion, nominations were received. <\/p>\n<p>DOD&#8217;s new policy, which pays for time and travel for women who have had an abortion, was implemented on February 16. This policy was initially announced in an Oct.20 memo. Tuberville <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/tuberville-pentagon-appointments-abortion-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a> Apart from moral objections the Pentagon&#8217;s action was illegally expanding the authority of the department, and he threatened block any DOD officer nominees or promotions. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/tuberville-pentagon-appointments-abortion-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TUBERVILLE TO BLOCK PENTAGON APPOINTMENTS IN RESPONSE TO ABORTION ACCESS PUSH<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Tuberville&#8217;s action would not only slow down and delay the nominating process, but it could also make the whole thing more complicated, possibly resulting in hundreds of unnecessary nominations. The senator followed through on his threat, and blocked the latest round of Pentagon nominations. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source>                                 <\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"> Left: Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and Senator Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma, discuss during the hearing by Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill. This was Tuesday, March 7, 2023.                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 Carolyn Kaster\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m holding DOD nominations because the secretary of defense is trying to push through a massive expansion of taxpayer-subsidized abortions without going through this body, without going through Congress,&#8221; Tuberville stated this on the Senate floor. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Three months ago,&#8221; He said, &#8220;I informed Secretary Austin that if he tried to turn the DOD into an abortion travel agency, I would place a hold on all civilian, flag, and general officer\u00a0nominees. Other than a couple of calls to my staff to ask whether I was serious, the DOD leadership has yet to call me directly and justify this action. In fact, they have no<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/tuberville-pentagon-appointments-abortion\">Tuberville follows through with threat to block Pentagon appointments following abortion access push<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). He followed through on his threat to stop Department of Defense In response to an attempt by the Pentagon for women to have access to abortion, nominations were received. DOD&#8217;s new policy, which pays for time and travel for women who have had an abortion, was implemented on February 16. 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