Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement he plans to oppose specific military nominees in coming weeks, escalating his continuing standoff with the Biden Department of Defense.
AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteAlabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement on Thursday he plans to oppose specific military nominees in coming weeks, escalating his continuing standoff with the Biden Department of Defense.I warned the Pentagon that I would hold their most senior nominees if they broke the law. They did it anyway, and forced my hand.
Tuberville began blocking confirmation after the Biden Pentagon said in February it would pay for the travel and accommodation for troops and their families to get abortions if they were based in a state where they could not get one. He and other Senate Republicans argue the policy violates the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funds from paying for abortions except in the cases of rape, incest, or if the mother’s life is at risk.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to consider the nominations for top commanders on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. the individual backgrounds of the nominees themselves, and are ready to oppose them based on their promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion and other woke initiatives in the military.
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