{"id":1983323,"date":"2023-07-26T16:02:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-selects-next-air-force-chief-amid-tuberville-blockade\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:03:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:03:31","slug":"biden-selects-next-air-force-chief-amid-tuberville-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-selects-next-air-force-chief-amid-tuberville-blockade\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden picks new Air Force chief despite Tuberville&#8217;s obstruction."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fbiden-selects-next-air-force-chief-amid-tuberville-blockade%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=1983323&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 \u200dJoe Biden selects Gen. David \u200dAllvin to lead the Air \u200dForce<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2063White House has officially announced President \u2063Joe\u2062 Biden&#8217;s \u2064choice for the next leader of \u2064the Air Force. Gen. David\u200b Allvin has been nominated to replace Gen.\u2064 Charles Q. Brown\u2062 as the chief of staff. The nomination was sent to the Senate on Tuesday and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warp-speed-advisor-expects-vaccine-to-ship-mid-december-herd-immunity-by-may\/\" title=\"\u2018Warp Speed\u2019 advisor expects vaccine to ship mid-December, \u2018herd immunity\u2019 by May\">made public<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h3>A highly qualified candidate<\/h3>\n<p>Gen. Allvin currently serves as the vice\u200d chief of staff of the Air Force and brings a wealth of\u2063 experience to\u2064 the role. He has previously commanded at various levels, including\u2063 the 97th Air Mobility Wing. With \u2064his graduation from the Air Force Academy in 1986 and \u2062his role as director \u2062for strategy, plans, and policy on the Joint Chiefs, \u200cGen. \u2063Allvin is well-prepared to take \u200don this important position.<\/p>\n<h3>A\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-warns-against-travel-to-japan-ahead-of-summer-olympics-but-organizers-press-on-with-games\/\" title=\"U.S. Warns Against Travel To Japan Ahead Of Summer Olympics, But Organizers Press On With Games\">delay caused<\/a> by opposition<\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately, Gen. Allvin&#8217;s nomination is among \u2062the more than 300 Pentagon\u2062 nominations currently being held up by Sen. Tommy Tuberville. Sen. Tuberville has paused all Department\u200d of Defense promotions and nominations since \u200cFebruary\u2064 due to his \u2063opposition to the \u2063department&#8217;s abortion policies.<\/p>\n<p>This controversial policy\u200b allows the military to reimburse \u200dtravel expenses for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">service members<\/a> or \u2063their\u200c dependents who need to travel out of \u200bstate for an abortion or other restricted healthcare\u200c procedures.\u2062 Sen. Tuberville&#8217;s hold has \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-dangerous-new-political-weapon-house-republicans-lay-out-dissent-on-democrats-releasing-trump-taxes\/\" title=\"\u2018A Dangerous New Political Weapon\u2019: House Republicans Object to Democrats Releasing Trump's Taxes\">caused significant delays<\/a> and has drawn attention from both sides of the aisle.<\/p>\n<h3>A standoff \u200bwith no resolution \u200din \u200bsight<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Tuberville has engaged in discussions with Secretary of Defense \u2063Lloyd Austin and the\u2062 Senate Armed Services Committee, but no agreement has been reached. Defense officials\u2064 argue that the\u2062 hold is negatively \u2063impacting military readiness and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-selects-next-air-force-chief-amid-tuberville-blockade\/\" title=\"Biden picks new Air Force chief despite Tuberville's obstruction.\">unfairly affecting\u2063 service members&#8217; families<\/a>. On the other hand, many Republicans in Congress support\u200d Sen. \u2064Tuberville&#8217;s position, although some question his tactics.<\/p>\n<p>The hold has already \u200bhad consequences, with Gen. Eric Smith serving as the acting \u2063commandant of the Marine Corps due to the Senate&#8217;s \u200cinability to confirm him. \u200dAdditionally, replacements for\u2064 top positions in the \u2062Army and \u200cNavy, which will be vacant next \u200bmonth, are awaiting confirmation. Gen. Brown&#8217;s confirmation to his position as the next\u200d chairman of \u200cthe Joint Chiefs of Staff is also\u2063 pending.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2063the challenges, \u2064President \u200bBiden \u2062remains committed to filling these crucial roles \u200band ensuring the effective leadership of the Air Force\u200b and other\u2063 branches of the \u200bmilitary.<\/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>President Joe Biden has chosen Gen. David Allvin to head the Air Force. The Senate was informed of the nomination on Tuesday, and it was officially announced on Wednesday. If approved, Gen. Allvin will succeed Gen. Charles Q. Brown, who has been nominated by the president to become the next chairman of the Air Force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1983324,"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-1983323","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\/1983323","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=1983323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}