{"id":1969970,"date":"2023-07-11T17:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T21:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joint-chiefs-nominee-knocks-tubervilles-hold-on-military-promotions\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T17:16:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T21:16:15","slug":"joint-chiefs-nominee-knocks-tubervilles-hold-on-military-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joint-chiefs-nominee-knocks-tubervilles-hold-on-military-promotions\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominee for Joint Chiefs criticizes Tuberville&#8217;s control over military promotions."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fjoint-chiefs-nominee-knocks-tubervilles-hold-on-military-promotions%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=1969970&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--><p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>&#8216;s nominee to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a warning on Tuesday about an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gop-senator-holds-firm-in-stand-against-pentagon-abortion-policy-as-marines-lose-confirmed-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impasse on military promotions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Charles \u201cCQ\u201d Brown Jr., who is currently the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Air-Force-Senior-Leaders\/CSAF\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air Force chief of staff<\/a>, was asked by Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elizabeth-warren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Warren<\/a> (D-MA) during his confirmation hearing to talk about how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joint-chiefs-nominee-knocks-tubervilles-hold-on-military-promotions\/\" title=\"Nominee for Joint Chiefs criticizes Tuberville's control over military promotions.\">nomination \u201cholds\u201d affect military families<\/a>. The question comes as Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tommy-tuberville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tommy Tuberville<\/a> (R-AL) blocks the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-teases-fast-track-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell Teases Fast-Track Debt Ceiling\">fast-track approval<\/a> of military promotions in protest of a Pentagon policy allowing female service members expense-paid travel and up to three weeks leave for an elective abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s several factors that I think about as we\u2019re going through this and how we are working to mitigate the challenges associated with the holes,\u201d Brown said in response. In addition to raising the issue of having senior officers with sufficient experience, Brown said there is a \u201cwhole chain of events\u201d that can pile onto junior officers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We will lose talent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff nominee Gen. Charles \u201cCQ\u201d Brown Jr. to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenWarren<\/a> on impact of holds on military promotions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iLOuMQPMwR\">pic.twitter.com\/iLOuMQPMwR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1678834821198499843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt has an impact on their progression in their career field potentially because if one doesn\u2019t get promoted or move on, then they\u2019re blocking a spot for someone else,\u201d Brown said. \u201cAt the same time, we have several members who have served honorably and are ready to retire, but they\u2019re going to, in some cases, stay with us to help us mitigate that challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Military families must also be considered, said Brown, who listed several factors, such as employment, schools, and living arrangements, that can pose a challenge. He also highlighted how \u201cfuture retention\u201d can be dictated by a service member\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have our more junior officers who now will look up and say, \u2018If that\u2019s the challenge I\u2019m going to have to deal with in the future \u2026 I\u2019m going to balance between my family and serving in a senior position,&#8217;\u201d Brown said. \u201cAnd we will lose talent because of those challenges. The spouse network is alive and well, and the spouses will compare notes. The member may want to serve, but the spouses and the families get a huge vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tuberville\u2019s \u201chold\u201d on general and flag officer promotions, which blocks 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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unanimous consent<\/a>\u201d agreement, has led to a hold-up on the confirmation of hundreds of military promotions \u2014 including for a new head of the U.S. Marines.<\/p>\n<p>Despite pushback from Democrats and some Republicans, as well as the Pentagon\u2019s push for the hold to be lifted, Tuberville has stood firm, denying that his stand is hurting military readiness. He has also stressed that the Senate can still hold votes to <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.\">approve individual nominations<\/a> if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>When pressed about military families during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NsgXF3lLYn8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a CNN interview on Monday night<\/a>, Tuberville used his answer to argue that the Pentagon policy he opposes would lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/skc\/date\/2023-07-10\/segment\/01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a spike in the number of abortions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s think about the unborn. Let\u2019s think about the young people that are not going to be able to get in the military and be part of this country. Let\u2019s think about them,\u201d Tuberville said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Charles &#8220;CQ&#8221; Brown Jr., expressed concern over a deadlock on military promotions. During his confirmation hearing, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asked him to address the issue. Brown, currently serving as Air Force chief of staff, issued the warning on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1969971,"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-1969970","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\/1969970","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=1969970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}