Long since time the prez appoint some ‘acting chiefs’ – this represents a clear and present threat, and not just from our rivals on the world stage.

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    The only reason Tuberville is able to hold things up is because the senate generally votes on these all at once and that type of vote is required to be unanimous. If republicans want to play games, the senate majority leader should bring up these high level positions one at a time and hold normal votes.
    It wastes time, but at least it helps get around this nonsense.

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    Is Tuberville running for President? Of Belarus? Really no explanation for this besides bad faith, in the worst sense.

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    Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville, who represents Alabama, has blocked hundreds of military nominations from moving forward, saying the Pentagon is improperly using government funding to cover travel costs for abortions for service members and their dependents.

    Huh. Not the excuse I would have imagined, but somehow not at all surprising.