{"id":1984031,"date":"2023-07-27T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-the-pentagon-subsidizing-abortions-takes-priority-over-transporting-service-members-to-their-final-resting-place\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T11:46:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:46:21","slug":"for-the-pentagon-subsidizing-abortions-takes-priority-over-transporting-service-members-to-their-final-resting-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-the-pentagon-subsidizing-abortions-takes-priority-over-transporting-service-members-to-their-final-resting-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon prioritizes abortion subsidies over service members&#8217; final transport."},"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%2Ffor-the-pentagon-subsidizing-abortions-takes-priority-over-transporting-service-members-to-their-final-resting-place%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=1984031&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>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>The Defense Department&#8217;s Failure to Support a Fallen Marine&#8217;s Family<\/h2>\n<p>The Defense Department \u200bis facing\u200c well-deserved backlash following revelations that the\u200b family of a U.S. Marine killed during Joe Biden\u2019s failed Afghanistan withdrawal was \u200dleft to\u2063 transport their\u200c loved one\u2019s remains to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grave-and-statue-of-economist-adam-smith-flagged-for-slavery-and-colonialism-in-scotland\/\" title=\"Grave And Statue Of Economist Adam Smith Flagged For \u2018Slavery And Colonialism\u2019 In Scotland\">final resting place<\/a> without assistance from the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., informed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/family-shouldered-burden-transport-marine-killed-afghanistan-gop-rep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a> the family of Marine \u2063Corps \u200bSgt. Nicole \u200cL. Gee \u2014 who was one \u200bof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-13-u-s-service-members-dead-in-kabul-airport-attack\/\" title=\"Pentagon: 13 U.S. service members dead in Kabul airport attack\">13 service members killed<\/a> \u200dduring\u200c the\u2064 United States\u2019 2021 withdrawal \u200dfrom Afghanistan \u200d\u2014 told him they were left to foot the bill for transporting Gee to\u2062 Arlington National\u200d Cemetery. Christy Shamblin, Gee\u2019s mother-in-law, \u2062further confirmed to Fox that \u2062\u201cthe Defense Department did\u2064 not refuse to \u200dpay \u2063for the transport, \u2062but\u2063 that [Gee] \u2063was flown to Sacramento, \u2062which\u200b was her hometown and recruiting station, where services\u2063 were held.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShamblin\u2019s\u200c son, who was Gee\u2019s Husband, told \u200cher that\u2063 the cost to transport the\u200c Marine\u2019s body to Arlington National Cemetery after the \u200bservices in \u2063California would\u200d be $60,000,\u201d \u2062the report reads. The nonprofit known \u200bas Honoring Our \u2064Fallen\u2063 ultimately stepped up\u2063 where the Pentagon fell \u200dshort, attaining a private flight for Gee\u2019s \u200dbody to \u2064Arlington.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mills\u2019 office, an amendment attached to last year\u2019s National Defense Authorization Act \u201cno longer require[s]\u201d the Pentagon \u201cto pay\u200b for\u200d the transport of fallen\u200b service members\u2019\u2063 bodies for multiple legs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the Defense\u2062 Department may not be willing to fully foot the bill for Gold Star families to lay their loved one\u2019s to \u200crest, the agency is \u200bseemingly content\u2064 with subsidizing its\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-the-pentagon-subsidizing-abortions-takes-priority-over-transporting-service-members-to-their-final-resting-place\/\" title=\"Pentagon prioritizes abortion subsidies over service members' final transport.\">female service members\u2019 travel costs<\/a> \u200dto receive abortions. \u200dAs \u200bThe Federalist\u2019s\u200c Jordan Boyd previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/29\/democrats-hate-that-republicans-like-sen-tommy-tuberville-are-finally-doing-their-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, Defense Secretary Lloyd\u200c Austin\u2064 \u201cannounced in\u200d February that the taxpayer-funded Pentagon would grant up\u200c to three weeks of paid time\u200d off and travel for U.S. military members \u2064and their family members to obtain abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the subject during a \u200dWhite House\u2063 press briefing\u200b last week,\u2064 National Security\u200d Council spokesman John Kirby <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/17\/white-house-on-defense-department-abortion-policy-its-the-darn-right-thing-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defended<\/a> the barbaric policy, claiming military leaders have a \u201cfoundational sacred obligation\u201d to ensure \u2062female service \u200dmembers \u2064are able to kill their unborn children. Kirby also baselessly asserted that failure to uphold \u200dsuch a policy would harm \u2063military readiness and lead to retention issues.<\/p>\n<p>Increased scrutiny over the Pentagon\u2019s subsidizing of baby-killing \u200cin recent weeks\u2062 is in large\u200b part due \u2063to\u2062 Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/17\/white-house-on-defense-department-abortion-policy-its-the-darn-right-thing-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since March<\/a> \u200chas been \u200busing his power to block personnel moves by the U.S. military\u2063 requiring Senate \u200cconfirmation\u200d in protest of the \u2062policy. Predictably, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/29\/democrats-hate-that-republicans-like-sen-tommy-tuberville-are-finally-doing-their-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/17\/senate-republicans-have-a-choice-back-tuberville-or-fail-a-majority-of-americans-on-abortion-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">establishment\u2063 Republicans<\/a> \u2062have \u2063united in\u2062 their condemnation of\u2063 Tuberville.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, for instance, a group of\u200d senators led by Rhode Island Democrat Jack Reed took to the \u200bSenate floor to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reed.senate.gov\/news\/releases\/reed-democrats-push-to-approve-military-promotions-and-call-for-end-to-partisan-blockade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accuse<\/a> Tuberville of treating\u200d military \u200cnominees \u2062as \u201cpolitical pawns,\u201d despite it \u200bbeing their party that\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/26\/republicans-must-stand-strong-on-the-ndaa-amid-bidens-woke-war-on-the-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">using<\/a> the U.S. military to conduct a left-wing\u200b social experiment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u200bSenator\u2062 from Alabama has achieved something that Xi Jinping and \u200dVladimir Putin\u2062 could have only\u2063 dreamed of. Our military \u2064and our nation\u200c are \u200bweakened\u2062 by his actions,\u201d Reed said while ignoring the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/12\/the-u-s-navys-personnel-crisis-is-only-getting-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detrimental effects<\/a> the\u2064 Biden Pentagon\u2019s \u2062embrace\u200b of DEI ideology has had on military\u2062 recruitment.<\/p>\n[[<strong>READ: \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/17\/its-joe-biden-not-tommy-tuberville-who-brought-the-culture-war-to-the-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It\u2019s Joe Biden, \u2064Not\u2063 Tommy Tuberville,\u200b Who Brought The \u2018Culture\u200c War\u2019\u2062 To The \u200bMilitary<\/a><\/strong>]\n<p>Senate\u2062 Democrats have \u2062even used the Armed Services\u200b Committee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/12\/senate-republicans-grill-bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-over-dei-transgenderism-in-the-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/implicit-bias-is-nothing-but-divisive-junk-science\/\" title=\"\u2018Implicit Bias\u2019 Is Nothing But Divisive Junk Science\">recent confirmation hearing<\/a><\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/08\/bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-made-diversity-and-inclusion-focal-points-in-air-force-personnel-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gen. Charles Q. Brown<\/a> \u2062\u2014 Biden\u2019s nominee for \u2063Joint Chiefs of \u2062Staff chair \u2014 to go after Tuberville. During the hearing, Sen. Jackie Rosen, D-Nev., took her asinine criticisms\u2062 of Tuberville a step further, indirectly accusing the Alabama Republican of \u200cpartaking in\u200d an \u201cextreme, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-endorses-chameleon-charlie-crist-inside-florida-governors-race\/\" title=\"Pelosi Endorses Chameleon Charlie Crist inside Florida Governor\u2019s Race\">anti-choice agenda<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville has since indicated he will \u200dcontinue \u200chis hold on nominees going into the Senate\u2019s five-week \u200bAugust\u2063 recess, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4119538-tuberville-signals-he-wont-release-holds-on-military-promotions-before-august-recess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood\u2062 is a staff writer for The\u2063 Federalist and a graduate of the\u2062 University\u2064 of \u200dMary Washington. He previously served as a state \u2063content writer for Convention of States Action and his \u200dwork has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. \u2064Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defense Department is under fire for abandoning a fallen Marine&#8217;s family during Biden&#8217;s Afghanistan withdrawal. Without Pentagon support, the grieving family had to arrange transportation for their loved one&#8217;s remains. Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., shared this disturbing news with Fox News on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1984033,"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":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/1984031","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}