{"id":1976772,"date":"2023-07-18T21:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5000-veterans-back-sen-tubervilles-hold-on-pentagon-nominees-other-vets-run-attack-ad-on-gop-senator\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:33:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:33:21","slug":"5000-veterans-back-sen-tubervilles-hold-on-pentagon-nominees-other-vets-run-attack-ad-on-gop-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5000-veterans-back-sen-tubervilles-hold-on-pentagon-nominees-other-vets-run-attack-ad-on-gop-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"5,000 Vets Support Sen. Tuberville&#8217;s Hold on Pentagon Nominees &#8211; Other Vets Launch Attack Ad on GOP Senator"},"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\">36<\/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%2F5000-veterans-back-sen-tubervilles-hold-on-pentagon-nominees-other-vets-run-attack-ad-on-gop-senator%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=1976772&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--><div class=\"post_content\">\n \u200c <\/p>\n<h2>Veterans Divided\u200c Over Senator Tuberville&#8217;s \u2062Decision<\/h2>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>A\u2062 controversial decision by Senator\u2064 Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) to block the rapid \u200bprocessing of \u2064military promotions and nominations has \u2062sparked a heated \u200cdebate \u2063among veterans \u200dof the \u2062U.S. \u200cmilitary.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>One group \u200dof\u2063 5,000\u2063 veterans has come out in \u200bsupport\u200b of Mr. Tuberville, while another veterans group\u2062 has launched \u2064an ad \u2063campaign \u2063in the\u2063 senator\u2019s home state, accusing him of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-shops-for-critical-minerals-in-canada-while-shutting-down-mining-projects-on-american-soil\/\" title=\"Biden Shops For Critical Minerals In Canada While Shutting Down Mining Projects On American Soil\">jeopardizing national security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>In\u200b December, Mr. \u2063Tuberville \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuberville.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/tuberville-pledges-hold-on-dod-nominations-if-department-proceeds-with-abortion-policy-change\/\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> he \u2063would \u200bblock the Senate from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-criticizes-sen-tuberville-for-military-nominations-delay-gop-senator-hits-back-at-president-for-refusing-to-talk\/\" title=\"Biden slams Tuberville over <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> delay\u2014GOP senator retaliates over President&#8217;s refusal to communicate.&#8221;>approving large batches<\/a> of military nominations after the \u200cBiden administration adopted \u2062a \u200bpolicy to \u2062fund \u2064travel \u2064and\u2063 leave\u2062 for \u200bmilitary \u2063service\u200b members who\u200d elect \u2063to get an \u2062abortion but are legally constrained in the states in \u200cwhich they\u2019re stationed.\u2064 The\u2062 Department of Defense \u200c(DOD) adopted \u200cthis abortion\u2063 policy last \u200cyear \u200bafter\u2062 numerous U.S.\u200d states began \u200cconstraining abortion\u200c following the \u200cU.S. Supreme Court decision \u2064in Dobbs \u200dv. Jackson\u2062 Women\u2019s Health \u200bOrganization.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Tuberville\u2019s \u200bmove prevents \u200cthe Senate\u2063 from processing\u200c military \u200cnominations\u2063 in bulk through the body\u2019s unanimous consent procedures.\u2063 The Senate\u200c can still\u2064 approve\u200d these\u2064 promotions \u200cand \u200cnominations through\u2063 normal procedural rules, but this \u2064makes \u2062for \u200ba\u2062 slower \u200dprocess.<\/p>\n<p>The delay in these Senate\u200d proceedings has led\u2062 Mr. Biden and \u2064other\u200d Democrats \u2064to\u2063 accuse Mr. Tuberville of\u200c harming\u2062 national security.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064 \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Tuberville\u200d has said \u2062he would \u200ddrop his\u200b hold \u200con\u200c the military nominations process\u200b if\u2062 the Biden \u2064administration drops\u200c its policy of \u2064subsidizing abortion-related travel.\u2064 He \u200bsaid\u2063 Democrats \u2064are welcome\u200d to try to\u200d adopt the same\u200c abortion-travel rules through \u2062legislation and would accept the\u2063 policy if it became law, but will maintain his hold \u200cso\u2063 long \u2063as\u2064 the policy \u2062is being dictated through the\u200d executive\u200d branch.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<h2>Tuberville Doing \u2018Great Service \u200dFor\u2063 The American \u2062People\u2019: Veteran\u200b Letter<\/h2>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>This \u2063week, more \u2063than 5,000 veterans signed onto a \u200dletter (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuberville.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tuberville_Letter_All_Signatures.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) addressed to \u200cSenate\u200d Majority Leader \u2063Chuck\u2063 Schumer (D-N.Y.) and\u2064 Senate Minority \u200bLeader \u2062Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), expressing \u2062their \u200csupport for Mr. Tuberville\u2019s\u200c stand on the \u2062DOD abortion policy.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The\u200c undersigned\u200c stand \u200dunited in condemning \u200bthis policy. \u200dThis policy\u2064 is not just \u200cillegal, it \u2064shamefully politicizes the military, circumvents\u200d the authority of Congress, and \u200bexceeds\u2064 the authority of the Department\u200d of Defense.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>The letter goes on \u2062to rebuff claims\u200d Mr. Tuberville\u2019s hold\u200d is\u2062 harming\u2062 national security, \u200csaying that the\u200b harm is\u2064 instead \u200dcoming\u200c from the Biden administration \u2063itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b \u200c <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhile some claim that\u2062 Sen. \u200cTuberville\u2019s position\u2063 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5000-veterans-back-sen-tubervilles-hold-on-pentagon-nominees-other-vets-run-attack-ad-on-gop-senator\/\" title=\"5,000 Vets Support Sen. Tuberville's Hold on Pentagon Nominees - Other Vets Launch Attack Ad on GOP Senator\">negatively impacting\u200c military readiness<\/a>,\u2064 the\u200b Department\u2064 of Defense\u2063 has failed to\u200c present any \u2064evidence that\u200d substantiates this claim. To the contrary, it appears\u200d true \u200cthat\u200b the politicized agenda\u200c of \u2062Secretary Austin and the \u2064Biden \u200cadministration are\u200b significantly diminishing\u2064 military readiness. The \u200dAmerican people,\u2062 including its\u200c servicemembers,\u200d are disappointed \u2064by President Biden and Secretary \u2062Austin\u2019s recent decisions\u2064 to \u2062mandate receipt of\u200d the COVID-19 vaccines, promote the\u200b radical\u200c LGBT agenda, and now\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-parenthoods-80-million-payday-sparks-call-for-probe\/\" title=\"Planned Parenthood\u2019s  Million Payday Sparks Call for Probe\">subsidize abortion<\/a>. Because of these\u2062 policies, the military now faces an unprecedented crisis \u200cof\u2064 recruitment \u200d\u2013 missing\u200c its\u200c recruitment goal for \u200bthe first time ever last \u2062year. The\u2064 focus of\u200b our\u2063 military\u200b must\u2063 be\u2064 on \u200dkeeping the American people \u200bsafe, not advancing \u200cthe \u2064left&#8217;s\u2062 agenda.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veterans split on Sen. Tuberville&#8217;s move to halt swift military promotions. 5,000 back him, but another group launches ad campaign in his home state, alleging he hampers nominations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1759,"featured_media":1976773,"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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"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\/1976772","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\/1759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}