Speaking in Helsinki on Thursday, Biden called the ongoing hold “ridiculous“ and “bizarre.“
Sen. Tommy Tuberville speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, July 11, 2023. | Francis Chung/POLITICOPresident Joe Biden on Thursday criticized an ongoing hold on votes for military promotions and nominations led by Sen. Tommy Tuberville , the latest development in a feud between the White House and the Alabama senator over the Department of Defense’s abortion policy.
“The idea that we don’t have a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the idea that we have all these promotions and we don’t know what’s going to happen, the idea that we’re injecting into fundamental foreign policy decisions what, in fact, is a domestic social debate is bizarre,” Biden said in response to a reporter’s question.
Tuberville initiated the hold earlier this year in response to a policy announcement from the Department of Defense that it would pay the costs servicemembers incurred if they had to travel out of state to obtain reproductive care. According to Tuberville, that decision late last year contravenes the Supreme Court’s reversal of. Tuberville has vowed to maintain the hold until Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ends the policy or Senate leadership holds a straightforward vote on the issue.
Frustrations have mounted with Tuberville over the hold. In June, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre warned that the hold was “putting military readiness at risk.” Military leaders have also publicly
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