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The Senate has confirmed Admiral Lisa Franchetti as the chief of Naval Operations and General David Allvin as the Air Force chief of staff, bypassing Senator Tommy Tuberville's blockade of senior military promotions. Franchetti's confirmation makes her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Tuberville's actions have drawn criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, with bipartisan senators considering ways to go around his blockade. Tuberville has defended his actions, claiming that the Biden administration's disregard for the law is the reason for his hold on military promotions.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) honors "our heroes in uniform" on the Senate floor ahead of Veterans Day. Tuberville continues to block military promotions in protest against DoD abortion policy. https://t.co/bv8GJR2lbz
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s months-long hold on hundreds of high-ranking military promotions is emerging as a point of contention among the GOP presidential candidates as they prepare to meet in their third debate. https://t.co/LANlO4BBVD
'Urgency': Tuberville Shows Openness To Options For Settlement Of Anti-Abortion Military Blockade https://t.co/bufnKTMQWS
Tuberville, GOP struggle to break blockade on military promotions https://t.co/LUdGO2zgmQ https://t.co/FQHsYTGHgw
Sen. Tommy Tuberville told reporters after a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans Tuesday that his blockade of senior military promotions would remain in place, though he may relent for "people who really need to be promoted." https://t.co/G5UVKkXiDs
1) Schumer on effort to bypass Tuberville on military promotions: We hope that the Republicans will get Tuberville to back off.But we will get it done. We will do everything we can to get it done as soon as possible..
McConnell sidesteps question about potentially setting up plan to confirm a bunch of military promotions at once and bypass Tuberville
Don’t roll Tuberville, GOP senator warns party leaders https://t.co/YKpkZKPqN4 https://t.co/1CWipUztIW
Senate Republicans face pivotal week on Senator Tommy Tuberville’s military holds https://t.co/5CICbddd0w https://t.co/xRn4saCoT9
Senate GOPers to discuss Tuberville holds today. Some bipartisan senators want to go around Tuberville
Senate committee schedules hearing on resolution to end Tuberville’s military holds https://t.co/krFo0ZXKec
A Salute to Senator Tommy Tuberville https://t.co/jijqk33Vpt
Tuberville under fire from GOP for continuing to hold up military promotions | Fox News Video https://t.co/RPrV0cVqhi
The U.S. Navy finally has a new top officer—Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead the service—after the Senate sidestepped a months-long hold by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville. Read the story: https://t.co/Ge0xsL8Njx
Tensions are erupting within the Senate GOP ranks as members with backgrounds in the armed forces take on Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) over his hold on military promotions. @alweaver22 reports: https://t.co/KbHWqjYKOV
Senate confirms first woman to lead Navy, key joint staff vacancies | However, hundreds of confirmations are still blocked by Sen. Tommy Tuberville. by @lalaurenista https://t.co/Ge0xsL8Njx
Tensions are erupting within the Senate GOP ranks as members with backgrounds in the armed forces take on Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) over his hold on military promotions. @alweaver22 reports: https://t.co/Ba4MgsU9sT
1) GOP TN Rep Harshbarger on Fox on Tuberville blocking military promotions: Senator Tuberville is saying, look, the Biden administration disregards the law. You know, they want to fund the V.A. abortion for the VA, which is against the law.
Senate confirms first woman to lead Navy, key joint staff vacancies | https://t.co/Ge0xsL8Njx
The Senate bypassed Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville's blockade of senior military promotions to confirm Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. Navy. https://t.co/ZPYcmmskxL
We knew Tommy Tuberville was incompetent, but insulting leader of the Marines is galling https://t.co/AwAzkcjibM
Republicans have had it with Tuberville’s blockade of military promotions. And after publicly putting pressure on the Alabama Republican to lift his hold on hundreds of officers, GOP senators are plotting new ways to break the impasse. https://t.co/ba4FxDMTuK https://t.co/Fc3yMPWXZw
Responding to questions about a top military leader's heart attack amidst his one-man blockade on nominations, Senator Tommy Tuberville claimed he worked just as hard as a college football coach as the people who run the US military. Read more: https://t.co/cZbTshmyGm
The U.S. Navy finally has a new top officer—Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead the service—after the Senate sidestepped a months-long hold by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville. Read the story by @lalaurenista: https://t.co/Ge0xsL8Njx
Republicans, fed up with Tuberville, plot ways to bust his military blockade https://t.co/4q3m5hbVHh
Senate confirms first woman to lead Navy, key joint staff vacancies | However, hundreds of confirmations are still blocked by Sen. Tommy Tuberville. by @lalaurenista https://t.co/Ge0xsL8Njx
Senate confirms first woman to lead Navy, key joint staff vacancies | However, hundreds of confirmations are still blocked by Sen. Tommy Tuberville. https://t.co/Ge0xsL8Njx
Senate confirms 3 military officers as Sen. Tuberville holds up hundreds more https://t.co/R8wV1TqbzX https://t.co/wd4qZ7qxNx
A spokesperson for Sen. Tuberville has sparked a backlash from Republicans after privately floating primary challengers for senators who vote to end-run Tuberville's blockade of military promotions. https://t.co/9fMUBaiIAw
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to what the Senate is considering to go around Tuberville https://t.co/ua3N1drq1s
Admiral Lisa Franchetti became the head of the US Navy - she became the first woman on the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and in the post of “naval commander” https://t.co/BeRgZdSDJa
For the first time in history, a woman occupied the post of Chief of Staff of the US Navy. The US Senate has appointed a woman, Admiral Lisa Franchetti, to the post of Chief of Naval Staff for the first time in the country's history, Reuters reported. As noted, she also became… https://t.co/xwmFe1Vsei
A spokesperson for Sen. Tuberville has sparked a backlash from Republicans after privately floating primary challengers for senators who vote to end-run Tuberville's blockade of military promotions. https://t.co/PCWOCBZnMH
Senate confirms first woman to lead Navy, key joint staff vacancies | by @lalaurenista https://t.co/Ge0xsL8Njx
A spokesperson for Sen. Tuberville has sparked a backlash from Republicans after privately floating primary challengers for senators who vote to end-run Tuberville's blockade of military promotions. https://t.co/hNoMCO3ckU
The GOP has rightfully taken Tuberville to task. Its about time.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to what the Senate is considering to go around Tuberville’s military promotion blockade: https://t.co/HFuEhwhuVH
“[Tommy] Tuberville is definitely agitating me.” VF’s @abigailtracy reports as veterans reject Tommy Tuberville’s crusade to change Pentagon abortion travel policy by blocking hundreds of military nominations and promotions. Read more: https://t.co/nzU4aJMatB
The U.S. Senate, circumventing holds by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, on Thursday confirmed the nominations of two senior military leaders, including the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. https://t.co/dl0LWbQ40V
Senate confirms first woman to top Navy post, bypassing Tuberville blockade https://t.co/ibjpyfXj6R
On this week’s Uncovered, I went on a bit of a rant about Tommy Tuberville after the Marine Commandant’s heart attack. Link to full show here: https://t.co/P89kKqqkY6 https://t.co/mJmchDffiU
1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to What the Senate is Considering to Go Around Tuberville on Military Promotions Bipartisan senators are apoplectic at Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and his blockade of more than 400 routine military promotions.
A spokesperson for Sen. Tuberville has sparked a backlash from Republicans after privately floating primary challengers for senators who vote to end-run Tuberville's blockade of military promotions. https://t.co/BE4PNK1yiz
The Senate makes its own rules. They could stop Tuberville's nonsense any time they want. https://t.co/ae20Wku8oY
The U.S. Senate, circumventing holds by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, confirmed the nominations of two senior military leaders, including the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. https://t.co/JTO4NKNk3o
Senate Republicans are finally sick of Tommy Tuberville. Several of his colleagues in the Senate challenged his block on military nominations by forcing a vote Wednesday evening, and voiced their frustration with Tuberville’s intransigence. https://t.co/px9U78gFHV
The Senate circumvented a hold by Sen. Tommy Tuberville and confirmed Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, making her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. https://t.co/w2hFlsGWR0
From colleague Tyler Olson. GOP AK Sen Sullivan plans to go back to the flr next week with a batch of 70 military promotions which Tuberville is blocking.
Dialing up the heat: Sen. Tuberville’s spox asked anti-abortion groups to "make clear" that GOP senators risk primary challenges if they support an effort to overcome his military holds over a Pentagon abortion policy, per email @burgessev scooped. https://t.co/qcuai1Xvil
The Senate bypassed Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) blockade of senior military promotions on Thursday to confirm Adm. Lisa Franchetti to the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. Navy. https://t.co/D9oHNW66lz
1) WH's Jean-Pierre on military promotions: We're certainly not going to speak to the the procedure of of how the Senate operates is not for us to do. But we will be continue to be crystal clear and very, very loud about what Tuberville is doing is it's just shameful.
Seen on C-SPAN2 -- The Senate confirms Admiral Lisa Franchetti to be chief of Naval Operations and General David Allvin to be Air Force chief of staff. Joint Chiefs of Staff no longer has vacancies. https://t.co/coPEbpnA8o https://t.co/IYZaicFSJf
White House Press Sec. Karine Jean-Pierre reads comments from GOP senators criticizing Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) for his blockade on military promotions. KJP: “Nearly all of them warned of the risk we face of service members leaving military service … We agree.” https://t.co/BsVuBiUAhy