{"id":2015652,"date":"2023-08-29T15:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-pentagon-chiefs-knocking-tubervilles-abortion-protest-are-in-bed-with-the-military-industrial-complex\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T15:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:28:02","slug":"ex-pentagon-chiefs-knocking-tubervilles-abortion-protest-are-in-bed-with-the-military-industrial-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-pentagon-chiefs-knocking-tubervilles-abortion-protest-are-in-bed-with-the-military-industrial-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Pentagon Chiefs Criticizing Tuberville&#8217;s Abortion Protest Support Military-Industrial Complex"},"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%2Fex-pentagon-chiefs-knocking-tubervilles-abortion-protest-are-in-bed-with-the-military-industrial-complex%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=2015652&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>Former Defense Secretaries\u200b Accused of Ties to Military-Industrial Complex<\/h2>\n<p>Alabama Sen. Tommy \u2062Tuberville has faced criticism from\u2063 former\u2064 secretaries of defense for his opposition\u2064 to President Biden&#8217;s military nominees due to\u200d the Pentagon&#8217;s abortion policy. However, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-cop-state-spox-offers-herself-up-as-view-cohost\/\" title=\"Anti-Cop State Spox Offers Herself Up as \u2018View\u2019 Cohost\">conservative government watchdog group<\/a> \u2062has \u200crevealed that\u200c these former secretaries have significant connections to America&#8217;s \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-hoft-from-tgp-presents-at-transform-washington-on-january-6-web-conference-video\/\" title=\"Joe Hoft from TGP Presents at \u201cTransform Washington on January 6\u201d Web conference (VIDEO)\">military-industrial complex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063a letter published in \u2062May, \u200dseven former Defense secretaries, including \u2064James Mattis and Mark Esper, criticized Tuberville&#8217;s actions, claiming they risked politicizing military officers. However, the American Accountability Foundation (AAF) has now uncovered that \u200bthese same secretaries hold \u200dexclusive positions with major U.S. defense contractors and related\u2063 ventures.<\/p>\n<p>For \u2063example, Leon Panetta, who\u200c served \u2062under President Barack Obama,\u200c has been a senior counselor for Beacon Global Strategies LLC \u200bsince \u200d2014. Beacon Global is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-pentagon-chiefs-knocking-tubervilles-abortion-protest-are-in-bed-with-the-military-industrial-complex\/\" title=\"Ex-Pentagon Chiefs Criticizing Tuberville's Abortion Protest Support Military-Industrial Complex\">strategic advisory firm \u2064specializing<\/a> \u200cin defense and \u200bhomeland security. Chuck Hagel, another \u2064former defense secretary under\u2063 Obama, sits on the\u2063 RAND Corporation Board \u200cof \u200cTrustees. RAND is\u2063 a nonprofit \u2063organization that conducts research and\u200c analysis in various areas, including \u2064national security.<\/p>\n<p>Even Republican-appointed defense secretaries have \u200bbecome involved in the military-industrial complex. James Mattis now serves\u200c on the Board of Directors for General Dynamics Corporation, a\u2064 major defense contractor. Mark Esper, a former executive at Raytheon, has ties to\u2064 several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-russian-state-duma-defense-entities-and-more\/\" title=\"US Sanctions Russian State Duma, Defense Entities And More\">defense-related entities<\/a>,\u2063 including Epirus, Cobham Advanced Electronics Systems, and Red Cell\u200c Partners.<\/p>\n<p>AAF&#8217;s \u200dinvestigation has shed light on the connections between these former secretaries and the military-industrial complex, raising questions about their\u200b motivations and potential \u200bconflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for \u200dThe Federalist \u200dand\u200b a\u2064 graduate of the University \u2064of Mary Washington. He previously served as\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action and his\u2064 work has been \u200cfeatured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and \u200bConservative Review. \u2063Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Defense secretaries, linked to the military-industrial complex, are criticizing Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville for delaying President Biden&#8217;s military nominees due to the Pentagon&#8217;s abortion policy. A conservative watchdog group revealed this. In May, seven ex-Defense secretaries penned a letter condemning Tuberville&#8217;s attempt to demand separate votes on Biden&#8217;s military choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2015653,"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-2015652","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\/2015652","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=2015652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}