{"id":1976848,"date":"2023-07-18T22:58:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-speaks-with-austin-ahead-of-senate-briefing-on-pentagon-abortion-policy\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T22:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:59:28","slug":"tuberville-speaks-with-austin-ahead-of-senate-briefing-on-pentagon-abortion-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-speaks-with-austin-ahead-of-senate-briefing-on-pentagon-abortion-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuberville talks to Austin before Senate briefing on Pentagon abortion policy."},"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\">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%2Ftuberville-speaks-with-austin-ahead-of-senate-briefing-on-pentagon-abortion-policy%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=1976848&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>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin \u200cand\u2064 Senator \u200cTommy\u200c Tuberville \u2062Engage in Ongoing\u200d Battle Over \u200dMilitary \u200cNominees<\/h2>\n<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd \u2063Austin\u2064 recently had his\u200b third conversation \u2062with Senator\u200c Tommy \u200bTuberville (R-AL) regarding the\u200c senator&#8217;s \u200cblockade\u2062 on\u200c military\u200d nominees. Despite their discussions, the\u2064 impasse \u200cremains \u200cunbroken.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville has taken a\u200b firm stance \u200cby placing a\u200d hold on the \u2064promotions of \u2063approximately 270 high-ranking officers. \u200bHis protest \u200bstems \u200bfrom the\u2063 Pentagon&#8217;s\u2062 decision\u200d to cover the travel expenses of \u2064servicewomen who \u200bundergo abortions. \u200cRepublicans argue \u2062that this \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coca-cola-under-fire-for-legally-questionable-racial-quota-system\/\" title=\"Coca-Cola Under Fire for Legally Questionable Racial Quota System\">policy violates<\/a> the Hyde\u200b Amendment, \u200bleading\u2064 to a \u200dprolonged \u200bstandoff \u200cthat has now entered its fifth month.<\/p>\n<h3>Senator Tuberville Demands \u200cPolicy Reversal<\/h3>\n<p>Tuberville\u2062 refuses to \u200blift the hold until\u200b the Pentagon rescinds \u2062its controversial \u200dpolicy. \u200cHowever, \u2064Secretary Austin defends the policy \u200bas \u200ba legal accommodation following the Supreme Court&#8217;s\u200c decision \u2062to \u200coverturn \u2064Roe \u200cv. \u2062Wade.<\/p>\n<p>Initially,\u2062 there was \u200dlittle communication between\u200c the two parties\u2064 after Tuberville \u200binitiated\u200d the\u200b hold in\u200b March. However, this changed when\u2062 Austin requested a\u200c phone\u200d call with\u200d the senator, \u200dwhich Tuberville described as &#8220;cordial\u200c and productive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite their\u2063 ongoing dialogue and \u2063a Senate \u200dbriefing scheduled \u200bfor Wednesday on\u200c the Pentagon&#8217;s\u200d policy, the differences\u200b between\u200d Tuberville\u2062 and\u200d Austin \u2062have yet\u2062 to \u200cbe resolved. When asked if \u2064progress\u200d had been\u2062 made, \u200cTuberville \u200dresponded, &#8220;No, not yet.\u200c Just cordial. Everybody gives their position,\u200c and then, \u2064&#8217;Well, \u2063let&#8217;s \u200ctalk again.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Pressure Mounts on Tuberville<\/h3>\n<p>A growing\u2063 number\u200d of\u200c senators have urged \u2062Tuberville to \u2064release his hold, as Secretary \u200bAustin \u2062warns that it\u2062 will \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-speaks-with-austin-ahead-of-senate-briefing-on-pentagon-abortion-policy\/\" title=\"Tuberville talks to Austin before Senate briefing on Pentagon abortion policy.\">negatively impact military \u200dreadiness<\/a>. Senator Jack \u200dReed (D-RI), the chairman \u2062of\u2063 the\u2064 Senate Armed Services Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/community-remembers-yale-student-killed-in-conn-2\/\" title=\"Community remembers Yale student killed in Conn.\">recently engaged<\/a>\u2064 in an extended conversation with\u2064 Tuberville \u2064on the \u200dmatter.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200d mounting pressure, \u2064Tuberville \u200cremains steadfast in his position, even as some Republicans express weariness with\u2062 the \u200dstalemate.\u2064 Senate\u200c Minority \u200bLeader Mitch\u2064 McConnell (R-KY) has publicly \u2062disagreed with\u2063 Tuberville&#8217;s\u2063 tactic, \u200bbut \u2062there is\u2062 no indication yet \u2063that GOP leadership is\u2064 pressuring him\u200c to change \u200chis stance.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200bas \u2063time\u2062 goes on, the\u2062 hold&#8217;s consequences become \u200bmore apparent. By \u200bthe end of the year, over 650 nominations could be \u200ddelayed, \u2062and the \u2062promotions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/126-ex-generals-admirals-warn-about-biden-u-s-in-deep-peril-health-a-concern-7-red-flags-emerging\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 126 Ex-Generals And Admirals Say Biden Is Mentally Unfit For President\">top military officers<\/a> are already being \u200baffected. In \u2063fact, the\u200b Marine Corps currently lacks\u2062 a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nomination-delays-spur-pentagon-personnel-crisis\/\" title=\"Nomination Delays Spur Pentagon Personnel Crisis\">confirmed leader<\/a> for the first time in over \u2063100 years.<\/p>\n<p><a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click\u200c here<\/a>\u2062 to\u200d read \u2064more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) had their third discussion on Tuesday regarding the senator&#8217;s opposition to military nominees. However, they were unable to resolve the deadlock. Tuberville&#8217;s hold on the promotions of around 270 senior officers remains in place, as he protests against the Pentagon&#8217;s funding of travel expenses for servicewomen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1976849,"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-1976848","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\/1976848","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=1976848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}