WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned that troop readiness and retention is at risk as the Army’s chief stepped down Friday, leaving the military’s two ground combat forces without Senate-confirmed leaders for the first time in history.
Speaking during a ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Austin said the Senate’s failure to confirm the services’ new leaders is disruptive to the force and could impact relationships with allies and partners around the globe.
In a recent comment, Tuberville said it is up to the Democrats to schedule votes on the nominations. “I am not stopping anyone from getting confirmed, and I am not stopping anyone from voting. Democrats could simply put these nominations up for a vote, but they clearly don’t want to,” he said.
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Tuberville has blocked efforts to have Senate votes on all nominations for senior military jobs because he disagrees with the travel pay policy. And congress is now out on summer vacation, which means there will be no action on the jobs for weeks.
I’m so sick of R’s obstructing, lying, and then blaming the other side for everything. It’s beyond old at this point, everyone sees through it, and yet…here we still are.
everyone sees through it
I wish.
One thing the Pentagon doesn’t mention is that there are already people who will be the acting leaders so they are not leadership. Someone is still doing the job, they just have the word acting in front of their title.
“Actings” generally can do some but not all of the things that a confirmed candidate can do.
oh nooooo now one of the other super-redundant humans in our bloated military-for-hire scheme will have to ‘lead’
