{"id":2015662,"date":"2023-08-29T15:30:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-pentagon-chiefs-knocking-tubervilles-abortion-protest-are-in-bed-with-the-military-industrial-complex-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T15:32:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:32:23","slug":"ex-pentagon-chiefs-knocking-tubervilles-abortion-protest-are-in-bed-with-the-military-industrial-complex-2","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-2\/","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-2%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=2015662&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 Accused of Ties \u2063to \u200dMilitary-Industrial Complex<\/h2>\n<p>Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has faced criticism from former secretaries of defense for his opposition to President \u2063Biden&#8217;s <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\">military nominees due<\/a> to\u200c the Pentagon&#8217;s abortion \u200dpolicy. However, a conservative\u2063 government watchdog group has revealed that these former secretaries have significant connections to America&#8217;s <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 May, seven former Defense secretaries signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/05\/04\/former-secdefs-blast-senator-over-irresponsible-nomination-holds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> condemning Tuberville&#8217;s attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-air-force-nominee-claimed-white-colonels-are-the-biggest-barriers-to-change-in-the-military\/\" title=\"Biden's Air Force nominee blames 'white colonels' for hindering military progress.\">force individual votes<\/a> on Biden&#8217;s \u200dmilitary appointees. \u2063They argued that his protest against the use \u200dof taxpayer\u200b money for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-pentagon-chiefs-knocking-tubervilles-abortion-protest-are-in-bed-with-the-military-industrial-complex-2\/\" title=\"Ex-Pentagon Chiefs Criticizing Tuberville's Abortion Protest Support Military-Industrial Complex\">service members&#8217; travel expenses<\/a> for \u200cabortions was &#8220;irresponsible&#8221; and claimed it could politicize military \u2064officers.<\/p>\n<p>The signatories of the letter included James Mattis, Mark Esper, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, Robert\u2064 Gates,\u2064 William \u2062Cohen, and William\u2063 Perry.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExposingBiden\/status\/1696284537095942350?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thread<\/a> published \u200bon X, the\u200c American\u200c Accountability Foundation (AAF) revealed that these former Defense secretaries now\u2062 hold prominent positions with major U.S. defense contractors and \u200crelated ventures.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Leon Panetta, who served under President Barack Obama, has been a senior counselor for Beacon Global Strategies LLC <a href=\"https:\/\/bgsdc.com\/team_member\/leon-panetta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since 2014<\/a>. Beacon Global is a strategic advisory firm specializing in defense\u200c and homeland security.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck Hagel, another former defense secretary under Obama, is\u2063 a \u2063member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/about\/organization\/randtrustees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RAND Corporation Board of Trustees<\/a>. RAND is a nonprofit organization that\u2064 conducts research and analysis in various areas, including national security and terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Even Republican-appointed defense secretaries have become involved in the military-industrial complex. James Mattis, a \u200bTrump appointee, \u2064now serves on the Board of Directors for General\u2064 Dynamics Corporation, a major defense contractor.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Esper, also a Trump nominee and former executive at Raytheon (now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RTX<\/a>), has ties to several defense-related\u200d entities. He joined the\u200c board of directors of Epirus, a technology company focused on\u2062 protecting the\u200b U.S. warfighter. Esper also serves on the boards of Cobham Advanced Electronics Systems and Red Cell Partners, both involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embedded-chinese-digital-modules-threaten-us-smart-devices-congressmen\/\" title=\"Chinese digital modules embedded in US smart devices pose a threat, warn Congressmen.\">developing advanced technologies<\/a> for defense purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Gates, William Cohen, and William Perry, \u2064who served as defense secretaries under different administrations, were also found to have connections to the military-industrial \u200ccomplex.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is\u200c a staff writer\u2064 for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. His work has been\u200d featured in various outlets, including RealClearPolitics,\u200d RealClearHealth,\u2063 and\u2063 Conservative\u200c Review. Follow 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":2015663,"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-2015662","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\/2015662","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=2015662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}