Tuberville Holds Up Promotion of Austin's Top Aide over Hospitalization Secrecy
Lt. Gen. Ronald Clark’s promotion to lead Army forces in the Pacific and receive a fourth star is being held up in the Senate by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., the senator and his office confirmed Tuesday. Tuberville is attributing the move to concerns over what role Clark, who currently serves as the senior military assistant […]
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 […]
Tommy Tuberville Is Just the Face of a ‘Broken’ Confirmation Process, Critics Say
WASHINGTON — Anger over Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade of high-ranking military promotions may have hit a boiling point this week, as a handful of fellow Republicans began to publicly pressure the former football coach to spike his nine-month-long stunt. Calling the blockade a “national security suicide mission,” Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska spent hours on […]
Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs Confirmed by Senate Amid Monthslong Blockade by Tuberville
The Senate approved new chiefs for the Army and Marine Corps on Thursday following its approval of the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Wednesday night. The trio of military leaders are the first officer promotions the Senate has confirmed in more than six months since Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., started blocking […]
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 […]