{"id":2000010,"date":"2023-08-14T13:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-naval-officers-retirement-leaves-all-three-branches-without-senate-confirmed-heads\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T13:14:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:14:21","slug":"top-naval-officers-retirement-leaves-all-three-branches-without-senate-confirmed-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-naval-officers-retirement-leaves-all-three-branches-without-senate-confirmed-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement of top naval officer leaves branches headless."},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftop-naval-officers-retirement-leaves-all-three-branches-without-senate-confirmed-heads%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=2000010&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>The Chief \u200bof \u200cNaval Operations Retires, Leaving a Leadership Void<\/h2>\n<p>The \u200bretirement of Adm. Mike Gilday as\u200c the\u2064 Chief \u2062of Naval Operations (CNO) on Monday has left a\u2062 significant \u2062leadership gap in the Navy. What makes \u200dthis situation even more unprecedented is that it\u200b coincides with the Army and Marine Corps also lacking \u2062Senate-confirmed successors for their\u200b respective\u2064 chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>During\u200d a ceremony marking the end of\u200b his four-year tenure, Adm. \u200cGilday handed over the reins \u2063to Adm. Lisa Franchetti, who has been\u2063 nominated by President Joe Biden to fill the \u200dvacancy. However, she will only serve in an acting capacity until her\u200b confirmation.<\/p>\n<h3>A Stalled Confirmation\u200d Process<\/h3>\n<p>This succession issue is not an isolated incident. In recent weeks, three military chiefs have departed without a Senate-confirmed replacement due to the actions\u2064 of Sen.\u2063 Tommy\u200c Tuberville (R-AL). Tuberville has been blocking the Senate \u2062from voting on nominations through unanimous consent,\u200b citing his opposition to the Department of Defense&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-signs-memorandum-backpedaling-on-president-trumps-abortion-policies\/\" title=\"Joe Biden signs memorandum backpedaling on President Trump\u2019s abortion policies\">abortion policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary\u2063 of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed his frustration \u2064during the ceremony, \u2064highlighting the detrimental impact of this hold on the military&#8217;s \u200dreadiness and the\u200c lives of military families. He emphasized that over 300 nominations, including those for top uniformed leaders, are currently being held up in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Controversial Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding\u200d the Department of Defense&#8217;s abortion policies stems from recent developments in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-introduces-bill-allowing-fathers-to-prevent-an-abortion\/\" title=\"Tennessee Introduces Bill Allowing Fathers To Prevent An Abortion\">abortion debate<\/a>. Following the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the enactment \u200bof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrities-outraged-pro-life-legislation-stands-in-texas-we-will-boycott-you\/\" title=\"Celebrities Outraged Pro-Life Legislation Stands In Texas: \u2018We Will Boycott You\u2019\">restrictive abortion laws<\/a> in conservative \u2063states, the \u200cdepartment announced a policy to \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-naval-officers-retirement-leaves-all-three-branches-without-senate-confirmed-heads\/\" title=\"Retirement of top naval officer leaves branches headless.\">reimburse \u2064travel \u2064expenses<\/a> for service members and dependents who\u200c need to seek \u200babortion\u200c services out of state. \u2062This policy also covers certain fertility treatments.<\/p>\n<p>However, federal law \u2062prohibits the government from funding abortions, and military \u200bfacilities can\u200c only perform them in \u2064cases of rape, incest, or when the mother&#8217;s life is\u2063 at risk.<\/p>\n<h3>A Standoff in the Senate<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Tuberville&#8217;s refusal \u2063to allow\u200c unanimous \u200dconsent for nominations and\u200c promotions has created \u200ca deadlock in the Senate. While Senate Majority Leader\u2064 Chuck Schumer could bring\u2063 individual nominations to a vote, he has\u200b not shown any inclination to\u2063 do so, placing the responsibility on the Republican Senate Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. James McConville and Gen. \u200bDavid Berger, former chiefs of staff\u200c of \u2064the Army and Marine Corps, respectively, have already stepped down, leaving their deputies to \u2062serve \u2064in acting capacities. The delay\u200d in confirming Gen. Randy \u200dGeorge and \u2064Gen. Eric Smith as their successors has further\u2064 exacerbated the leadership vacuum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking Ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Biden\u200c has also nominated Gen. Charles Q. Brown to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs\u2063 of Staff, replacing Gen.\u2064 Mark\u200d Milley. This nomination, if \u200bconfirmed, will create \u200canother vacancy at the top of \u200cthe Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, neither Sen. Tuberville nor Secretary Austin has shown a willingness to \u200dfind\u200d a compromise on this contentious issue, \u200cleaving the military services without Senate-confirmed leaders and raising concerns about \u200cthe impact on national security.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chief of naval operations retired, leaving three service branches without a confirmed leader simultaneously. Adm. Mike Gilday concluded his four-year term as CNO, while Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the vice chief of naval operations, temporarily assumes the role until a successor is confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2000011,"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-2000010","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\/2000010","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=2000010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}