POLITICIZE DEFENSE? NEVER! There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that's the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over defense policy and spending. The fight has been on two fronts: 1) passage of the yearly National Defense Authorization Act, which sets…
POLITICIZE DEFENSE? NEVER! There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that's the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over defense policy and spending. The fight has been on two fronts: 1) passage of the yearly National Defense Authorization Act, which sets military spending levels, and 2) a Republican senator's decision to block Senate confirmation of military promotions until the Biden Pentagon changes its policy on abortion.
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On the military promotions, since March, Sen. Tommy Tuberville has been blocking the mass confirmation of about 260 military promotions. As the Associated Press explained,"It's a decades-long tradition for the Senate to group military promotions together and approve them by voice vote, avoiding lengthy [roll-call votes]." Tuberville has temporarily stopped that, although the Senate could proceed with confirming any individual promotions at any time.
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