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About damn time, #TommyTuberville is a #threat to #NationalSecurity.
Sen #Tuberville quietly ended his #blockade on the promotion of a senior #military aide to #Defense Sec #LloydAustin after the #Alabama #Republican, under pressure from colleagues, met privately w/the aide on Tues.
[Tuberville has a history of #AbuseOfPower blocking multiple appointments & military promotions because he didn’t want female service members to be able to receive #ReproductiveHealthcare.]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/25/tuberville-austin-aide-promotion/
LTG Ronald P. Clark was approved for promotion to #FourStarGeneral & to serve as the #commander of all US #Army forces in the #Pacific after a “detailed discussion” w/the senator a spox for Tuberville said Wed.
#TommyTuberville had placed the hold on Clark’s promotion while questioning whether the general had a role in the #Pentagon’s secrecy when #LloydAustin was hospitalized in intensive care early this year w/complications from prostate cancer surgery.
…The situation w/Clark, 58, bears similarities to an extended freeze that #TommyTuberville placed on HUNDREDS of #military promotions last year, in a dispute over the #Pentagon’s rarely used policy of providing travel reimbursement to personnel who seek an #abortion outside of the state where they are stationed. That stalemate exasperated Pentagon ofcls & gummed up the military’s personnel system for months. Tuberville eventually backed down after his #Republican colleagues decried the tactic.
Clark’s next assignment will place him at the forefront of the #US government’s efforts to contain #China & defend #Taiwan, a #NationalSecurity challenge that, most #Democrats & #Republicans agree, is among the most pressing as Washington & Beijing compete for #influence in Asia-Pacific region.