{"id":1987764,"date":"2023-08-01T13:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T17:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-defense-secretary-urges-schumer-to-circumvent-tuberville-hold-on-joint-chiefs\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T13:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T17:35:34","slug":"former-trump-defense-secretary-urges-schumer-to-circumvent-tuberville-hold-on-joint-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-defense-secretary-urges-schumer-to-circumvent-tuberville-hold-on-joint-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Trump defense secretary urges Schumer to bypass Tuberville&#8217;s hold on Joint Chiefs."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fformer-trump-defense-secretary-urges-schumer-to-circumvent-tuberville-hold-on-joint-chiefs%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=1987764&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>Former Secretary of\u2062 Defense Warns \u2063Against Playing Politics \u200bwith Military Promotions<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has issued a stern warning \u200cto both Democrats and Republicans, urging them\u2063 not to play \u200bpolitics with the current hold on military promotions and nominations for\u2062 senior defense \u200dpositions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Marines are currently being \u200dled by \u200ban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-corps-led-by-acting-commandant-for-first-time-in-more-than-100-years-amid-tuberville-holds\/\" title=\"Marine Corps led by interim commandant after a century, Tuberville holds.\">acting commandant<\/a>, while the chief of staff of the Army, chief naval officer, and Air \u200cForce chief of staff will\u200d all leave their positions in\u200d the \u2063next three months. However, their \u2064confirmations\u2064 are at risk due to a hold \u200bplaced by Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) in protest of the Department of Defense&#8217;s abortion policy.<\/p>\n<h3>Senator Tuberville&#8217;s\u2064 Hold\u2063 on Promotions and Confirmations<\/h3>\n<p>Senator Tuberville has held up approximately \u200b300 promotions or confirmations in\u2063 the past six months by \u200ddenying Democrats the ability to pass batches of nominations at once.\u200c This tactic has\u200b <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 increased the complexity of the confirmation process.<\/p>\n<p>While Esper \u200backnowledges Tuberville&#8217;s right to put a hold on military nominations, he emphasizes the importance of voting on the Joint Staff nominees individually to ensure continuity. He urges \u200cSenate Majority Leader\u2063 Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to bring\u2064 these nominations to the Senate floor for individual\u2062 votes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think Sen.\u200d Schumer needs to not play politics with the issue either\u200c and bring up votes for\u2064 at least the\u2063 Joint\u200d Chiefs of Staff because,\u200c again, you\u2019re going to have several of them coming up,\u201d\u2062 Esper explained. \u201cThey should get votes. \u2063There&#8217;s \u2062no\u2064 reason why there can&#8217;t be votes in the\u200c Senate now on people who are\u200c pending, and so\u2062 I would argue \u200bthat while the bigger\u2064 issue of \u2063the\u2062 larger number \u2063of\u2064 held-up\u200c nominees is worked through,\u200b we at least get confirmed these\u200b very important members of the Joint\u2064 Chiefs of Staff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Failure to confirm the successors before the current\u200b military leaders\u2063 leave their positions could result in\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-defense-secretary-urges-schumer-to-circumvent-tuberville-hold-on-joint-chiefs\/\" title=\"Ex-Trump defense secretary urges Schumer to bypass Tuberville's hold on Joint Chiefs.\">acting leaders making crucial decisions<\/a> without the\u200c full authority and empowerment of\u2062 their office. This situation raises \u200bconcerns about the future of their service and\u2062 the advice they provide.<\/p>\n<h3>Schumer&#8217;s Response and Tuberville&#8217;s Contention<\/h3>\n<p>Schumer does not seem inclined to follow Esper&#8217;s suggestion. He places the \u2064responsibility on the Republican Senate Caucus, stating that\u2064 it\u2062 is \u200bup to them to address\u200b Tuberville&#8217;s hold on nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville&#8217;s contention stems from the Department of Defense&#8217;s policy in response to\u2063 the\u2063 Supreme Court&#8217;s \u200breversal of Roe v. Wade. \u200cThe policy allows for paid leave and reimbursement of travel expenses\u200b 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 dependents who need to travel out\u2062 of state\u200d for an abortion or\u2062 other reproductive healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville argues that this policy violates the intent of federal\u2062 law, which only \u200bpermits abortions in specific circumstances.\u200b He believes it represents a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-morrissey-the-rich-just-keep-getting-richer-thanks-to-government-disaster-aid\/\" title=\"Ed Morrissey: It seems that the rich just keep getting wealthier... Government Disaster Aid\">significant policy shift<\/a> and potentially breaks the law.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe has\u200d alleged that it\u2019s breaking the law, and if it\u2019s not breaking \u2063the law, he certainly believes that it\u2019s a major \u200bpolicy shift,\u201d Esper added. \u201cSo, I don&#8217;t discount the seriousness of the issue. I don&#8217;t believe in putting an\u200d en bloc hold on all \u2062these promotions is the right\u200d way \u2064to\u2063 go about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Esper emphasizes that Tuberville&#8217;s hold on promotions \u2064casts service members as political pawns and disagrees \u200cwith this approach.<\/p>\n<p>Despite discussions between Tuberville, Secretary of Defense Lloyd\u200c Austin, and DOD officials, both\u2062 sides remain firm in their positions. The Senate \u200chas entered its August recess, while the Army chief of staff and Chief \u200cof Naval Operations \u200care set to step down in the\u2062 coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/former-defense-secretary-mark-esper-warns-against-playing-politics-with-military-promotions\">here<\/a> to read \u2063more from the Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper cautioned against political maneuvering regarding military promotions and nominations. The Marines have an interim commandant, while the Army&#8217;s chief of staff, chief naval officer, and Air Force chief of staff positions remain vacant. 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