{"id":2000030,"date":"2023-08-14T13:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-naval-officers-retirement-leaves-three-branches-without-senate-confirmed-heads\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T13:28:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:28:54","slug":"top-naval-officers-retirement-leaves-three-branches-without-senate-confirmed-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-naval-officers-retirement-leaves-three-branches-without-senate-confirmed-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement of top naval officer leaves three 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\">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%2Ftop-naval-officers-retirement-leaves-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=2000030&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 of Naval Operations Retires, Leaving a Leadership Void<\/h2>\n<p>The\u2062 retirement of Adm. Mike Gilday \u2063as\u200d the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) \u2064on Monday has left a significant leadership gap \u200bin the Navy. \u200bWhat makes this situation even more unprecedented is that it coincides with the Army and Marine Corps also lacking Senate-confirmed successors for their respective \u200cchiefs. This marks the first time\u200d in history \u2063that three service branches are operating without Senate-confirmed leaders simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>During a ceremony\u2063 to mark the end of his four-year tenure, Adm. Gilday \u2063handed over the reins to Adm. Lisa\u2062 Franchetti, who has been nominated\u2063 by President Joe Biden to \u200dfill the vacancy. However, until her confirmation, she will serve\u2062 in an acting \u2064capacity.<\/p>\n<h3>A Stalemate in the Senate<\/h3>\n<p>The absence of Senate-confirmed successors for military \u200cchiefs \u2064has been attributed to Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who has been \u200bpreventing the Senate from voting on nominations using unanimous consent. Sen. Tuberville&#8217;s opposition to the Department of Defense&#8217;s abortion policies has\u200b led to \u200cthis stalemate.\u200d The Army and\u200b Marine Corps have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-naval-officers-retirement-leaves-three-branches-without-senate-confirmed-heads\/\" title=\"Retirement of top naval officer leaves three branches headless.\">experienced \u200dsimilar transitions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of Defense Lloyd \u200dAustin expressed his frustration at the \u2062situation during the ceremony, highlighting\u2064 that over 300 nominations, including \u200bthose for\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.\">top uniformed leaders<\/a>, are being held up in\u2062 the \u200cSenate. He emphasized that this blanket hold is not only unprecedented but also unnecessary\u200c and unsafe. It is hindering military readiness, affecting\u200b officer retention, and\u200b disrupting the lives of military families.<\/p>\n<h3>The Abortion Policy Debate<\/h3>\n<p>The controversy surrounding the \u200bDepartment of\u200c Defense&#8217;s abortion policies stems from recent developments, \u2062such as the \u200bSupreme Court&#8217;s reversal of Roe v. Wade and the enactment of\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wicker-backs-gop-on-abortion-but-hopes-pentagon-funding-debates-stay-away-from-social-issues\/\" title=\"Wicker supports GOP on abortion, urges Pentagon funding debates to avoid social matters.\">restrictive abortion \u200dlaws<\/a> in conservative states. In\u200b response, the department announced a policy to reimburse travel expenses for service \u200bmembers and dependents who need to \u2064travel out of state for \u200babortion\u2062 procedures\u2064 or certain fertility treatments. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-no-it-isnt-easier-to-buy-a-gun-than-vote-but-it-should-be\/\" title=\"WALSH: No, It Isn\u2019t Easier To Buy A Gun Than Vote. But It Should Be.\u00a0\">federal law prohibits<\/a> \u2063the\u2063 government from funding abortions, allowing them \u200donly in cases of rape, incest, or when the mother&#8217;s life is at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tuberville&#8217;s \u200bopposition to \u2063the department&#8217;s policy has\u200c led to his \u2063obstruction of\u200d nominations \u2062and promotions through unanimous consent. While Senate \u200bMajority\u2064 Leader Chuck Schumer could bring individual nominations to a vote, he has not shown a willingness \u2062to do so, placing the responsibility on the Republican Senate Caucus.<\/p>\n<h3>A\u2064 Leadership Void \u200dand\u200d Unresolved Differences<\/h3>\n<p>The \u2064retirements of Gen. James McConville, former Chief of Staff of the Army, and Gen. David Berger,\u200c former\u2063 Marine Commandant, have also left their respective branches\u200d without Senate-confirmed \u2062leaders. Their deputies are currently serving in acting capacities until Gen. Randy George and Gen. Eric Smith, Biden&#8217;s nominees, are confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, President\u2062 Biden&#8217;s nomination of Gen. Charles Q. \u200cBrown as the next \u200bChairman of \u200bthe Joint\u200b Chiefs of Staff has created a vacancy at the top of the Air \u200dForce. Gen. Mark Milley, the\u200c current chairman, will step down next month.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, neither Sen. Tuberville nor Secretary Austin has shown a willingness to compromise on this matter, leaving the leadership void\u200b in\u2063 the military branches unresolved.<\/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":2000031,"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-2000030","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\/2000030","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=2000030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}