But blocking leaders from taking the jobs to which they've been assigned is reckless. 'If the senator from Alabama thinks there should be fewer high-level leaders in the armed forces, he can advance legislation to reform our leadership structures. 'I had not been aware that it was a controversial view that our military needs officers in charge of the 5th Fleet or the 7th Fleet,' Warren said, alluding to two of the nominees caught in Tuberville's hold. Warren countered that she was 'stunned' by Tuberville's argument. 'Yet the Democrat side of the aisle is in panic that we don't have enough admirals.

'Today, we have more admirals than we have ships,' Tuberville said. In objecting, Tuberville cited several think tank reports dating back as early as 2011 about the growth of the proportion of generals and admirals in the military. Mike Lee, R-Utah, objected to each request. Shares the wind ups and pranks on the ground as well as in the air. 'Without formally being assigned a change of duty, families can't make decisions about moving or enrolling kids at a new school … for the fall.' One of the things I liked about Ed Macys writing is he is willing to admit when things go wrong as well as right.

'These holds deprive military families of pay increases they have earned because a nominee's new pay may not take effect until the promotion goes through,' Warren said. In the latest move in Democrats' pressure campaign, Warren took to the Senate floor Tuesday to make a series of unanimous consent requests to confirm the blocked nominees. While a single senator cannot prevent confirmations, a hold significantly delays confirmations because the Senate needs to find floor time to hold lengthy roll call votes rather than quickly approving them in batches in voice votes, as is typical for military nominations.Īs of now, Tuberville's hold affects 184 military nominees, though that number is expected to grow as President Joe Biden names more nominees and the Senate Armed Services Committee processes them for floor action, including the recently announced nominee to be the next Army chief of staff.Īs Tuberville persists in his hold, Democrats have stepped up pressure on him to relent.

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