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WASHINGTON \u2015 The Senate Armed Services Committee will vote Wednesday on whether to advance President Joe Biden\u2019s beleaguered nominee for Pentagon policy chief, Colin Kahl<\/a>, after a rocky few days for the nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kahl, in line for the Pentagon\u2019s No. 3 civilian job, seemed to be in greater jeopardy until two Democrats on the panel backed off their blanket opposition to Biden nominee, per multiple<\/a> reports<\/a>. Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth<\/a>, the first Thai-American elected to Congress, and Maizie Hirono, the first Asian-American woman elected to the Senate, had their concerns met by a White House promise to add a senior-level Asian American Pacific Islander liaison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBased on the private conversation we had, I will continue voting to confirm the historic and highly qualified nominees President Biden has appointed to serve in his administration,\u201d Hirono tweeted<\/a> late Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democratic opposition, in the evenly divided Senate, would endanger confirmation for Kahl, a former national security advisor to then-Vice President Biden. Already his nomination for undersecretary of defense for policy faced stiffening opposition from Republicans <\/a>over his Mideast policy positions and history of tweets attacking Republican lawmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday\u2019s vote, after weeks of delays from SASC Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., should force a decision from the panel\u2019s swing vote, Sen. Joe Manchin<\/a>, D-W.Va. After his opposition to Biden\u2019s nominee for budget director over her harsh tweets sank that nomination, Manchin has to decide whether he would be willing to buck a president from his own party once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this Feb. 14, 2018, photo, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks to Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. With a baby due in April, the Illinois Democrat will be the first senator to give birth while in office. (Alex Brandon\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition, SASC\u2019s ranking member, Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., made their opposition official Tuesday after Duckworth\u2019s remarks. Inhofe, in a statement, urged Biden to send nominees who can garner bipartisan support. (Inhofe told reporters at the Capitol he believes Kahl won\u2019t get a single Republican vote in committee.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the number-three position at the Pentagon \u2014 and the policy role is currently even more important because the United States is facing more threats than ever before,\u201d Inhofe said. \u201cThis position demands bipartisanship, even temperament and good policy judgment \u2014 characteristics I don\u2019t believe Dr. Kahl has demonstrated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, cast the deciding 50th vote in favor of Biden\u2019s Health and Human Services secretary earlier this month, she joined several Republicans in public opposition to Kahl last week. In a statement to Politico<\/a>, she said: \u201cHe warned of calamity following the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, when instead we saw historically close Arab-Israeli ties in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, some pro-Israel voices are arguing publicly that Kahl, a supporter of President Barack Obama\u2019s Iran nuclear deal, would not be a friend to Israel in his new role. Israel opposed the politically polarizing Iran nuclear deal, Trump withdrew from it, and Biden wants to return to deal that\u2019s tougher on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill <\/a>on Tuesday ran an op-ed from the pro-Israel Middle East Forum arguing Kahl\u2019s confirmation would, \u201cend the nature of bipartisan support for Israel, allow for the Iranians to be closer to a nuclear bomb, and consign the Middle East to further blood-letting and needless wars.\u201d Christians United for Israel last week<\/a> ran full-page ads in several West Virginia newspapers urging voters to sway Manchin against Kahl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the flip side, dozens of U.S. foreign policy veterans and three top Israeli officials have voiced support for Kahl. A letter from 50 former U.S. officials to the Senate Armed Services Committee noted Kahl\u2019s support for funding Israel\u2019s Iron Dome anti-missile system and his dedication to preserving Israel\u2019s military edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kahl worked under Obama to guard Israel\u2019s edge while President Donald Trump was less cautious with arms sales, Amos Gilead, an ex-Israeli defense official told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency<\/a>. Biden, he noted, paused Trump\u2019s deal to sell F-35 fighters to the Abu Dhabi in exchange for normalizing relations with Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cObama did not allow F-35s and armed UAVs to Arab countries, in spite of the vested interest of United States to export weapons,\u201d Gilead told JTA. \u201cIt\u2019s a matter of huge money that goes to manufacturers and workers in the states. And Trump, considered our best friend, took the immediate decision to sell F-35s against any professional advice. Now Biden has frozen those sales.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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