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Pressure builds on Tuberville military holds |
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold on more than 300 military promotions is under fresh pressure as the Senate returns from a monthlong recess and more military leaders call on the Republican lawmaker to relent. |
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Army Secretary Christine Wormuth penned an op-ed earlier this week that panned Tuberville for eroding the "foundation" of the military, which already has Senate-confirmed vacancies atop the Army, Navy and the Marine Corps — the first time three services have been with acting heads. The trio also said that Tuberville's hold is "exacting a personal toll on those who least deserve it," including the families of those military figures who are being held up. The comments came as senators returned to Washington Tuesday for the first time in more than a month with Tuberville's hold at a complete standstill and lawmakers still at a complete loss on how to find an off ramp. His blockade, a protest of a Pentagon abortion policy enacted late last year that covers travel expenses for abortion care, is set to hit the six-month mark later this week. Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) — the top GOP member on the Senate Armed Services Committee — argued Tuesday that Democrats should consider a one-off vote later this month on Charles Q. Brown Jr.'s nomination to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs when current Chairman Mark Milley's term ends Oct. 1. "I'm not," Wicker said when asked if he's seeing any movement toward getting Tuberville to relent, adding that he has not talked with him in "several weeks." But Democrats have for months argued that Tuberville's holds are a puzzle Senate Republicans have to solve. On Tuesday they maintained that holding individual votes on some of the highest-level military vacancies — including the Army, Navy and Marines chiefs — would create a slippery slope. Read the full report at TheHill.com. |
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U.S. Southern Command, or SOUTHCOM, has canceled two planned showings of the Christian thriller "Sound of Freedom" at its headquarters in Doral, Fla., the command confirmed Wednesday. The summer’s surprise box office hit about a former federal agent rescuing children from sex trafficking has earned nearly $182 million in the U.S. and Canada since its July 4 release. But the movie has garnered negative headlines after … |
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| Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee raised concerns that the U.S. fell short of its nuclear submarine target during a Wednesday morning hearing on a trilateral security partnership. Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S. struck the defense deal, AUKUS, in Sept. 2021 and announced an arrangement for Australia to acquire “conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) capability through the partnership … |
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The Air Force tested an unarmed nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) early Wednesday off the West Coast, Air Force Global Strike Command announced. Equipped with three test re-entry vehicles, the unarmed Minuteman III ICBM was launched at 1:26 a.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., traveling 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, according to a service statement. "These … |
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A Russian missile strike killed at least 16 people, including a child, at a market Wednesday in an eastern Ukraine city, according to Ukrainian officials. Videos show the missile striking at the market in the heart of the city of Kostiantynivka, in the eastern Donetsk region still held by Ukraine, while people were walking around and shopping. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack demonstrated “utter … |
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Upcoming things we're watching on our beat: |
- President Biden heads to the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, from Thursday through Sunday.
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Comer subpoenas Mayorkas and Secret Service, DHS staffers in Hunter Biden probe |
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Tuesday subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas along with three other DHS employees and two Secret Service staffers as the House panel expands its inquiry into whether the Justice Department improperly … |
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Events in and around the defense world: |
- The Government Executive Media Group will hold a virtual forum on "Cyber Defenders," at 8:30 a.m.
- Hudson Institute will have a discussion on "Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Security Ties," with U.K. Defense Staff Chief Adm. Tony Radakin, at 11 a.m.
- Brookings Institution will hold a talk on "Should the U.S. Pursue a New Cold War with China?" at 11 a.m.
- The Association of the U.S. Army will host a webinar on "Lessons for Veterans Seeking to Earn Their Degrees," at 12 p.m.
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| Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys for former Trump economic adviser Peter Navarro rested their case Wednesday in a trial involving charges … Read more |
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