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Senate Republicans now blame Democrats for military leadership gaps<\/h3>\n

By Leo Shane III<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a surprise turnabout, Senate Republicans now are accusing Democratic leaders of slowing senior military promotions by refusing to schedule individual votes for the highest Defense Department leadership posts in order to work around the months-long hold by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., on hundreds of nominees.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019d be too much to ask for the Senate to spend a little bit of time confirming general officers to positions like the Chief of Staff for the Air Force or Commandant of the Marine Corps or Chief of Naval Operations,\u201d Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe my Democratic colleagues should go talk to (Senate Majority Leader) Chuck Schumer, because they\u2019re always encouraging us to go talk to Sen. Tuberville about this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments came during a confirmation hearing for Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, tapped by President Joe Biden earlier this summer to serve as the top uniformed officer for the service. His nomination is expected to be sent to the Senate floor for consideration in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s likely to stall there because of parliamentary moves by Alabama Republican Tuberville, who has blocked quick consideration of more than 300 senior military moves since late February over his objections to the military\u2019s abortion access policies. That includes three members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who departed from their posts earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

By the end of September, that list will also include the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Gen. Mark Milley, who is required to retire from the post in the next few weeks. Democratic lawmakers \u2013 and Pentagon officials \u2013 say that Tuberville\u2019s actions are undermining readiness and politicizing the military.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese men and women and their units and their families are having their readiness and their lives negatively affected by (Tuberville\u2019s) unprecedented actions,\u201d Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said at the Air and Space Forces Association conference in Maryland on Tuesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n

Surprising to Military Times<\/em> perhaps. The individual Senate vote has been discussed for months now. Doesn’t matter, this bastion of unbiased reporting quickly shifts back to starving 0-8s and the terrible burden they are forced to bear due to Tuberville’s intransigence. The actual reasons for the Senator to dig in his heels is indeed mentioned. Briefly at the end of the article.<\/p>\n

The claims the process of individual confirmation hearings is too lengthy and impractical falls flat in the face of how long it’s already taken, so something else is at play. Is there concern how some of the nominees would fare under Senate questioning? <\/p>\n

Something like this.
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