{"id":2000655,"date":"2023-08-14T22:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-military-branches-lose-confirmed-leaders-amid-senate-impasse\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T22:29:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:29:16","slug":"three-military-branches-lose-confirmed-leaders-amid-senate-impasse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-military-branches-lose-confirmed-leaders-amid-senate-impasse\/","title":{"rendered":"Three military branches face leadership vacancies due to Senate deadlock."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fthree-military-branches-lose-confirmed-leaders-amid-senate-impasse%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=2000655&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>Three \u200dbranches of the U.S. military lack Senate-confirmed chiefs amid\u200c Pentagon\u200b standoff<\/h2>\n<p>Amid a standoff over \u200cPentagon nominees \u2062in the upper \u2062chamber, three branches of the U.S. military are\u2064 now operating without \u2064Senate-confirmed\u2064 leaders. \u2064This unprecedented\u2062 situation has raised concerns\u200d about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pulls-65-pending-trump-executive-orders\/\" title=\"Biden Pulls 65 Pending Trump Executive Orders\">national security implications<\/a> and\u200b the reliance on acting leadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: &#8220;Starting today for the first time in\u200d the history of the Department of Defense, three of our military \u2062services\u2064 are operating without Senate confirmed leaders. This \u2062is unprecedented, it \u200dis unnecessary,\u2063 and it is unsafe.&#8221;\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gkPfHbmyFt\">pic.twitter.com\/gkPfHbmyFt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN\u200d (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1691197116935245826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August\u2063 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized the gravity \u200dof the situation, stating, \u2062&#8221;This is unprecedented, \u200bit is unnecessary, \u2062and it is unsafe.&#8221;\u2062 He called on the Senate to end the deadlock and resolve the issue.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe \u200dBiden nominated Adm.\u2064 Lisa Franchetti \u200dto lead the Navy, but she has assumed command in an acting capacity. Similar positions are held by leaders in the Marine Corps and the Army.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One more down as CNO \u200cGilday relinquished command this morning. <\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin\u200c said today this is the first \u2063time in DOD history three services are\u200c without a Senate-confirmed chief. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2tbO6A5Wry\">pic.twitter.com\/2tbO6A5Wry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Haley Britzky (@halbritz) \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/halbritz\/status\/1691111893232963584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August \u206414, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The bottleneck leading to this situation can \u200bbe traced\u200c back \u200dto February when Sen. Tommy\u2062 Tuberville placed a &#8220;hold&#8221; on general and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-say-tuberville-risking-national-security-with-his-abortion-protest\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats say Tuberville risking national security with his abortion protest\">flag officer nominations<\/a>. This was in protest of\u200d a \u2063Pentagon policy allowing female service members expense-paid travel and up to three weeks\u200c leave\u2062 for an elective abortion, which Tuberville \u2064claims is\u200b illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville\u200b has objected to the Senate quickly approving\u200c nominations in \u2064batches through a &#8220;unanimous consent&#8221; agreement. Despite\u2064 pushback,\u2063 he denies\u2062 that his hold is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joint-chiefs-nominee-knocks-tubervilles-hold-on-military-promotions\/\" title=\"Nominee for Joint Chiefs criticizes Tuberville's control over military promotions.\">hurting military readiness<\/a> and argues that individual nominations \u200bcan still \u200bbe\u200c approved\u200d through regular order if \u2062necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats argue that getting through the backlog with individual votes would be time-consuming and could paralyze the Senate. Hundreds\u200b of military confirmations have\u2064 been held up so far, according to the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>One leader who \u2064could\u200b soon be caught\u200b up in the \u200dimpasse is\u2063 Gen. Charles &#8220;CQ&#8221; Brown Jr., Biden&#8217;s \u2064nominee to become the next chairman \u2063of the\u2064 Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Mark Milley&#8217;s term is set to expire in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three branches of the U.S. military lack Senate-confirmed chiefs due to a standoff over Pentagon nominees. Adm. Mike Gilday stepped down as naval operations commander, prompting Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to highlight the national security risks of relying on acting leaders. 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