Tuberville Blockade Finally Concludes with Confirmation of 11 Remaining Four-Star Generals and Admirals
All four-star military officers whose promotions Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., vowed to continue delaying have now been confirmed by the Senate, ending a nearly yearlong saga where Tuberville entangled the military chain of command in his protest over the Pentagon’s abortion policy. In a voice vote Tuesday evening, the Senate confirmed the 11 four-star general […]
An Unlikely Alliance: How Mitch McConnell and I Took on the Pentagon and Finally Won
If you watch cable news, you may feel dispirited by the current state of our political affairs. We are constantly told we’re too left, too right, too this and that. Partisanship exists, but seeing eye to eye isn’t a condition for finding common ground. Take, for example, my 30-year friendship with Senator Mitch McConnell. The […]
Democrats Circumvent Tuberville as Senate Moves to Finally Confirm Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs
The Marine Corps, Army and Joint Chiefs of Staff are poised to get full-time leaders as a months-long stalemate in the Senate centering on the Pentagon’s abortion policy begins to soften. The Senate on Wednesday began a series of votes that could end in the confirmations of Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown to be chairman of […]
Wagner Handoff, DNA Tests: Remains of Special Forces Vet May Finally Be Coming Home from Ukraine
The remains of a Special Forces veteran killed in Ukraine this spring appear to be finally headed back to the U.S., according to his family. Nick Maimer, 45, a retired staff sergeant, was killed in the eastern city of Bakhmut in mid-May when the building he was in collapsed after an artillery strike. His death […]
Army Says Its Long-Troubled Tuition Payment System Might Finally Be Getting Fixed
The University of New Mexico stopped accepting provisional Army tuition payments for its students last month after the service fell behind on paying its bills to the university. Students there who were using Army scholarships were told by the university to pay out of pocket or drop out. The Army had eight outstanding invoices but […]