{"id":76157,"date":"2023-05-10T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/10\/secdef-says-senate-confirmation-fight-hurts-national-security\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:37:45","slug":"secdef-says-senate-confirmation-fight-hurts-national-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/05\/10\/secdef-says-senate-confirmation-fight-hurts-national-security\/","title":{"rendered":"SecDef says Senate confirmation fight hurts national security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/03\/24\/abortion-fight-in-senate-snarls-hundreds-of-military-promotions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate fight over military promotions and confirmations <\/a>\u201charms America\u2019s national security and hinders the Pentagon\u2019s normal operations,\u201d Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/IMPACT%20OF%20HOLDS%20ON%20THE%20CONFIRMATION%20OF%20GENERAL%20AND%20FLAG%20OFFICERS%20OSD003060-23%20RESP%20Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">in a letter to lawmakers released Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The warning from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/03\/07\/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-makes-unannounced-visit-to-baghdad\/\" target=\"_blank\">the military\u2019s top civilian leader<\/a>, comes as the number of individuals caught up in the stalemate has swelled to more than 200. Without a political compromise, clearing the backlog of nominations could take months of parliamentary work, snarling all other business in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has said he has no intention of dropping the holds, which he enacted in March as a response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/02\/16\/troops-can-take-three-weeks-off-to-travel-for-abortions-ivf-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense Department\u2019s abortion access policy <\/a>from last fall. He reiterated his complaints<a href=\"https:\/\/wbhm.org\/2023\/tuberville-defends-hold-on-defense-nominations-says-pentagon-wrong-to-screen-out-white-nationalists\/\" target=\"_blank\"> in an interview with WBHM<\/a> on Tuesday, calling the policies an illegal overreach by military leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/05\/04\/former-secdefs-blast-senator-over-irresponsible-nomination-holds\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23110573681845.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Former SecDefs blast senator over \u2018irresponsible\u2019 nomination holds<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The seven former military leaders said holding up confirmations hurts military operations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/letter_from_seven_former_united_states_secretaries_of_defense.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">in a public letter<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/05\/04\/former-secdefs-blast-senator-over-irresponsible-nomination-holds\/\" target=\"_blank\">seven living former Defense Secretaries<\/a> blasted Tuberville\u2019s blocking of the military moves as \u201cirresponsible\u201d in terms of national security and military personnel management. Austin, in a similar letter to senior Senate Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2023\/05\/09\/secdef-austin-tuberville-unprecedented-hold-on-pentagon-nominees-creates-perilous-precedent\" target=\"_blank\">first reported by USNI<\/a>, echoed the same message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe longer this hold persists, the greater the risk the U.S. military runs in every theater, every domain, every service,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNever before has one senator prevented the Department of Defense from managing its officer corps in this manner, and letting this hold continue would set a perilous precedent for our military, our security, and our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list of holds includes the new commanders for U.S. Fifth Fleet in the Middle East and Seventh Fleet in the Pacific; the next director of intelligence for U.S. Cyber Command; a top Air Force strategic deterrence officer; and the next military representative to NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin in his letter said 64 senior officers expected to take over new commands in the next three months are stalled by Tuberville\u2019s objection. If the hold is not lifted, the total number of officers affected is expected to grow to around 650 by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUltimately, the breakdown of the normal flow of leadership across the department\u2019s carefully cultivated promotion and transition system will breed uncertainty and confusion across the U.S. military,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Democrats leaders have pushed Republican leaders to force Tuberville to drop his block of the military posts. On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he does not support putting holds on military nominations, but said all other questions about the fight should be directed to the Alabama lawmaker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuberville has said he won\u2019t drop his objection until military officials pull back the abortion policy, which provides leave time and stipends for troops or qualified family members to travel across state lines to receive abortion services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military leaders have said the new policy is needed to preserve troops\u2019 medical rights following a number of states outlawing abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn the long-standing Roe v. Wade ruling last summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The letter from Lloyd Austin is the latest criticism of Sen. 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