The Pentagon is seeking to increase pressure on Sen. Tommy Tuberville in an attempt to break the Alabama Republican’s one-man hold on hundreds of senior military nominations
The effort includes back-channel conversations with Congress and members of the key oversight committees, but also a public campaign to increase awareness of the effects of the holds on the military and its families. “Hill leadership knows this is a problem,” a Defense official told CNN. As of July 7, Tuberville’s hold was impacting 265 senior military officers.
Tuberville has not backed down from maintaining his block on nominations as he protests the Defense Department’s reproductive health policies, claiming there is no impact on national security and no risk to US military readiness. “I’m not gonna change my approach,” Tuberville said Monday. Instead, Defense officials are trying to get Republican senators to put pressure on Tuberville to lift his holds. Sen.
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