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Senate seeks way out over months-long hold on military nominations |
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is holding up 448 nominations, according to the Pentagon. |
As the Senate plots on how to end the nine-month hold on hundreds of Pentagon nominees, Democrats have offered a way out. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is offering a resolution to change Senate procedure and allow the nominees to move as a bloc rather than individually. But the suggestion is so far viewed by senators as an emergency option. And Sen. Rick Scott (R-FLa.) is warning against the resolution, arguing it would disempower individual senators. "I support Tommy," Scott told The Hill. "We ought to respect that a person has a different position, and actually I support his position." Still, Republicans are growing increasingly disillusioned with the holds and met Tuesday to figure out how to end it. The Tuberville blockade prevents the Senate from using the traditional process of approving batches of people at a time. Instead, the Senate must now approve them individually, which takes a lot of time. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has only moved some of the most important nominees under this procedure. Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters Tuberville's block is impacting the nomination of the commander of the Navy's 5th Fleet, among others. "The list goes on," she said. "These holds have a direct affect on our military readiness." Tuberville's holds are in protest to a Defense Department policy on abortion passed last year. |
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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will take "overall security responsibility" in Gaza after the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. "I think Israel will, for an indefinite period, will have the overall security responsibility, because we’ve seen what happens when we don’t have it," Netanyahu said in an interview with ABC News on Monday. "When we don’t have that security … |
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| Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) shared concerns Monday over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, saying he's had to consider whether it could escalate into a global conflict amid rising tensions across the Middle East. "I have had to answer a question from people that I never had to answer in 30 years of public life, which is: Could this be World War III?" Kaine said Monday in an interview with “The Hill” on NewsNation. … |
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The U.S. and Western allies on Tuesday criticized Russia for withdrawing from a major treaty limiting the deployment of military armor across Europe and accused Moscow of undermining security on the continent. Russia on Tuesday formally withdrew from the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, which was signed in 1990 during the breakup of the Soviet Union to set equal limits on tanks, artillery and aircraft that … |
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Lawmakers push 702 reauthorization requiring warrant to access info on Americans |
A bipartisan group of Senate and House lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would require the intelligence community to secure a warrant before tapping into information on Americans swept up during surveillance of foreigners abroad. Led by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the bill would reauthorize Section … |
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