Throughout the confirmation hearing for the most senior US military officer, Democratic senators and the nominee alike spoke out against an ongoing hold on military nominations
“We will lose talent because of those challenges,” Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown, who has been nominated to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday. “The spouse network is alive and well, and the spouses will compare notes and you know, the member may want to serve but the spouses and the families get a huge vote.
“We need to fill these critical roles, and I would like to see you have a quick confirmation.” At the start of the hearing, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut and also a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters that Republican lawmakers “ought to be telling Sen. Tommy Tuberville this irrational obstructionist blocking of confirmations is harming our national interest.
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