Sen. Tommy Tuberville's Military Promotions Blockade

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 3 November 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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To protest a Pentagon policy of covering leave and travel for service members seeking abortions, the Alabama Senator has stalled hundreds of military promotions. Is this the right tactic, or does it risk undermining readiness at a dangerous moment in world affairs? Plus, law firms send a message to deans that the anti-Semitic rhetoric on campuses lately isn't tolerable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.1	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:25.9	Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville comes under pressure from Republicans for his blockade
0:31.5	of military promotions as top law firms issue a warning to
0:36.1	university deans about anti-Semitism on campus. Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson
0:41.9	with the Wall Street Journal.
0:44.0	We are joined today by my colleagues editorial board member Kate Batchell and columnist
0:50.1	Kim Strassel.
0:51.4	Tommy Tubberville's military blockade has been going on for months now
0:55.1	with more than 350 military promotions now held up and stuck in the Senate
1:00.5	as a protest against the Pentagon's travel policy to cover leave for service members
1:06.3	traveling to obtain abortions.
1:09.2	But this week, Senator Tuberville faced new pressure from his GOP allies, including Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan.
1:16.2	Sullivan said we are in a very dangerous world right now.
1:19.1	America needs to have our best players, most combat capable leaders in the field. Right now, that's not
1:24.8	happening. Let's start with a clip of Senator Tuberville on the Senate floor
1:29.5	Wednesday explaining his strategy and approach here.
1:33.0	I'm not the first person to do this.
1:35.0	Holes on nominations happen all the time.
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