{"id":1969237,"date":"2023-07-10T22:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T02:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-holds-firm-in-stand-against-pentagon-abortion-policy-as-marines-lose-confirmed-leader\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T22:50:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T02:50:49","slug":"gop-senator-holds-firm-in-stand-against-pentagon-abortion-policy-as-marines-lose-confirmed-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-holds-firm-in-stand-against-pentagon-abortion-policy-as-marines-lose-confirmed-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator stands firm against Pentagon abortion policy as Marines lose confirmed leader."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fgop-senator-holds-firm-in-stand-against-pentagon-abortion-policy-as-marines-lose-confirmed-leader%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=1969237&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--><h2>A Stand Against Pentagon Abortion Policy Delays Military Promotions<\/h2>\n<p>A Republican senator is showing no signs of backing down from a stand against a Pentagon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/abortion\">abortion<\/a> policy that is delaying military promotions, even with the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/marines\">Marines<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/marine-corps-confirmed-commandant-1st-time-1910-due\/story?id=101007971\">going without a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nomination-delays-spur-pentagon-personnel-crisis\/\" title=\"Nomination Delays Spur Pentagon Personnel Crisis\">confirmed leader<\/a><\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/us\/articles\/2023-07-10\/republicans-hold-on-nominations-leaves-marines-without-confirmed-leader-for-1st-time-in-100-years\">first time in a century<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tommy-tuberville\">Tommy Tuberville<\/a> (R-AL), who is protesting the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3301006\/dod-releases-policies-to-ensure-access-to-non-covered-reproductive-health-care\/\">Department of Defense<\/a> (DoD) allowing female service members\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2023\/02\/16\/military-cover-travel-costs-and-offer-leave-troops-seeking-abortions-fertility-treatment.html\">expense-paid travel and up to three weeks leave<\/a> for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/becerra-tells-congress-this-individual-never-sued-any-nuns-despite-californias-small-sisters-of-the-indegent-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Becerra Tells Congress This individual \u2018Never Sued Any Nuns\u2019 Despite California\u2019s Small Sisters Of THE INDEGENT Lawsuit\">elective abortion<\/a>, appeared unfazed as Gen. David Berger steps down as commandant of the Marine Corps at the end of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/us-marines-without-confirmed-leader-for-first-time-in-100-years-\/7175035.html\">four-year term<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to change my approach,\u201d Tuberville told CNN in an interview that aired on Monday. The senator said Gen. Eric Smith, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/05\/30\/eric-smith-marine-corps-commandant-biden\/\">branch\u2019s No. 2 official<\/a> who is President Joe Biden\u2019s pick to formally take over command, has already taken on the top position in an acting capacity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. Marine Corps without a confirmed head for first time in 160 years, and Pentagon says acting head will have to do two jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Tuberville, who is holding up more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-push-abortion-messaging-bills-in-preview-of-2024-strategy\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats are promoting abortion messaging bills as a preview of their 2024 strategy.\">250 military promotions<\/a> over Pentagon&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chair-condemns-biden-abortion-policy\/\" title=\"RNC chair condemns Biden abortion policy\">abortion policy<\/a>, told me: &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to change my approach&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oPVZeEv4XY\">pic.twitter.com\/oPVZeEv4XY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1678501960670912512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s assumed the duties already. It\u2019s not like it\u2019s void of a position, it\u2019s just the name,\u201d Tuberville said.<\/p>\n<h3>Blocking Promotions and Senate Action<\/h3>\n<p>The \u201chold\u201d on general and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-holds-firm-in-stand-against-pentagon-abortion-policy-as-marines-lose-confirmed-leader\/\" title=\"GOP Senator stands firm against Pentagon abortion policy as Marines lose confirmed leader.\">flag officer promotions blocks<\/a> the Democrat-controlled Senate from approving the nominations quickly and in batches through a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/about\/research-tools\/glossary.htm\">unanimous consent<\/a>\u201d agreement. Tuberville stressed that the Senate could still hold a vote to approve individual nominations, a process he said would be \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/10\/politics\/marine-corps-tuberville-nominations-hold\/index.html\">very easy to do<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But a Senate aide for the Democrats told CNN that it would take months to get through all the nominations in such a way and Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, argued Smith \u201cdeserves Senate action without political obstruction that has nothing to do with his command.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 250 nominations have been stalled amid the senator\u2019s protest over the policy that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3301006\/dod-releases-policies-to-ensure-access-to-non-covered-reproductive-health-care\/\">released earlier this year<\/a>, prompting some of Tuberville\u2019s own GOP colleagues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/06\/28\/politics\/tuberville-senate-holds\/index.html\">express their dismay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1678479544485834756\">urged Tuberville to lift his hold<\/a> while <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/marine-corps-confirmed-commandant-1st-time-1910-due\/story?id=101007971\">raising concerns about readiness<\/a>. In comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/10\/politics\/marine-corps-tuberville-nominations-hold\/index.html\">reported by CNN<\/a>, Berger said Smith will be deprived of a second-in-command because of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can\u2019t do both jobs at the same time, nor can anyone else because they don\u2019t have the authorities because all the promotions are held up,\u201d Berger added. \u201cSo he\u2019s going to have to do his job in a very different way than I was able to, because I could travel, he was here, he could travel, I was here. Now only one of him, so it affects the way he does his job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noting that the DoD\u2019s \u201cauthority to fund abortions is governed by 10 U.S.C. 1093, which limits abortions to cases of rape, incest, or pregnancies that threaten the life of the mother,\u201d Tuberville has said he will not lift his hold until Defense Secretary Loyd Austin suspends the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuberville.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/tuberville-op-ed-in-the-washington-times-standing-up-on-abortion-to-most-politicized-pentagon-in-american-history\/\">\u201cillegal\u201d policy<\/a> that came in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> or there is a law change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuberville.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/tuberville-twice-blocks-democrats-attempts-to-break-dod-hold\/\">His office announced<\/a> that Tuberville has the support of several conservative leaders, including former Trump administration official Ben Carson, Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts, and March for Life Action president Jeanne Mancini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican senator, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), remains steadfast in his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy that hampers military promotions. This stand persists despite the U.S. Marines lacking a confirmed leader for the first time in a century. Sen. Tuberville protests the Department of Defense (DoD) for permitting expense-paid abortions for female service members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1969238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}