{"id":1970243,"date":"2023-07-11T21:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T01:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joint-chiefs-nominee-claims-tuberville-challenges-could-have-lasting-impacts-on-military\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T21:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T01:04:13","slug":"joint-chiefs-nominee-claims-tuberville-challenges-could-have-lasting-impacts-on-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joint-chiefs-nominee-claims-tuberville-challenges-could-have-lasting-impacts-on-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominee for Joint Chiefs warns Tuberville&#8217;s &#8216;challenges&#8217; may harm military long-term."},"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\">22<\/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-claims-tuberville-challenges-could-have-lasting-impacts-on-military%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=1970243&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>President Joe Biden&#8217;s Nominee for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Raises Concerns Over Senator Tommy Tuberville&#8217;s Hold on Military Nominations<\/h2>\n<p>Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown, President Joe Biden&#8217;s nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs, expressed his worries about the lasting impact of Senator Tommy Tuberville&#8217;s hold on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-critical-race-theory-has-most-corrosive-influence-on-military\/\" title=\"Cotton: Critical Race Theory Has \u2018Most Corrosive\u2019 Influence on Military\">military nominations<\/a>. Brown shared his concerns during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">confirmation hearing<\/a> in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He emphasized that Tuberville&#8217;s protest against the Department of Defense&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-millennials-and-gen-z-reject-biden-administrations-radical-abortion-views\/\" title=\"Poll: Millennials and Gen Z Reject Biden Administration\u2019s Radical Abortion Views\">abortion-related policies<\/a> has caused delays in confirming general and flag officers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joint-chiefs-nominee-claims-tuberville-challenges-could-have-lasting-impacts-on-military\/\" title=\"Nominee for Joint Chiefs warns Tuberville's 'challenges' may harm military long-term.\">ultimately affecting military readiness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Threats to Talent and Readiness<\/h3>\n<p>Brown highlighted the potential consequences of Tuberville&#8217;s actions, particularly on the morale and career choices of junior officers. He stated, &#8220;We have our more junior officers who now will look up and say, &#8216;If that&#8217;s the challenge I&#8217;m going to have to deal with in the future&#8230; I&#8217;m going to balance between my family and serving in a senior position.'&#8221; Brown expressed concerns that such challenges could lead to a loss of talent within the military.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville&#8217;s Stance and Defense<\/p>\n<p>Senator Tuberville has remained steadfast in his protest, arguing that the Biden administration is to blame for any impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-military-policies-to-blame-for-recruitment-crisis-servicemembers-say\/\" title=\"Woke Military Policies to Blame for Recruitment Crisis, Servicemembers Say\">readiness due<\/a> to its refusal to change its abortion policy. Tuberville believes that the policy was implemented illegally. On the Senate floor, he refuted claims that the holds were negatively affecting military readiness, stating, &#8220;These jobs are being done as we speak; they are not empty. Four months into this situation, it is obvious that people are doing the job. It is not affecting our readiness. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Assurances from a General<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville shared that a general had assured him that the protest would not hinder military readiness. According to Tuberville, the general said, &#8220;You do what you need to do; we&#8217;ll get the job done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Importance of Vigorous Vetting<\/p>\n<p>Senator Tuberville argued that the hold on military nominations was a necessary step to ensure thorough vetting by Congress. He emphasized the seriousness of these positions and the need for careful consideration during the confirmation process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that Sen. Tuberville&#8217;s hold on military nominations could have long-term consequences for the U.S. military. Gen. Brown expressed this concern during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee as President Biden&#8217;s nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1970244,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1970243","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}