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Dignified transfer ceremony held for fallen U.S. soldiers in Jordan

President Biden, accompanied by high-ranking officials, is at Dover Air Force Base to receive the dignified transfer of the 3 U.S. soldiers who tragically ...

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Top US military officer speaks with Chinese counterpart as US aims to warm relations with Beijing

Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has spoken with his Chinese counterpart

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Tuberville ends holdout on most high-ranking military nominations

After holding up the promotions or new assignments of several hundred senior officers for nearly a year, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville relented to pressure from both GOP and Democratic Senate members and ended most of his campaign against a military policy on abortion.

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Giving Thanks: Honoring Those Who Serve - Roll Call

This year’s “Annual Bipartisan Tribute to Veterans and Those Who Serve” reception, held on October 18, 2023 at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC, focused on both veterans of America’s wars and NGOs such as the Warrior Canine Connection. It featured high-profile guests, including tenor Anthony Kearns, CBS’ Nikole…

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Is Biden tired of winning? He might be after summit with Xi

After San Francisco summit, President Biden reaches agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping on fentanyl and direct military talks

The Independent UK

Republican senators push back on Tuberville’s military blockade on Senate floor

Republican senators angrily challenge senator Tommy Tuberville on his blockade of almost 400 military officers

The Independent UK

Republicans confront Tuberville over military holds in extraordinary showdown on Senate floor

Republican senators are angrily challenging Sen. Tommy Tuberville on his blockade of almost 400 military officers

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Tommy Tuberville says military is ‘struggling’ despite his own hold on promotions

Tuberville continues to place a hold on military promotions in protest of a Pentagon policy that reimburses servicemembers who travel to seek an abortion

The Independent UK

'The military has no role' in politics, says retiring chair of the Joint Chiefs

The nation's most senior military officer has retired. He talks to All Things Considered about Donald Trump, democracy, and whether the U.S. military has been politicized.

WEKU

Mark Milley calls Trump a ‘wannabe dictator’ at his retirement ceremony

Outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff had a fractious relationship with the former commander in chief

The Independent UK

Gen. Milley delivers defense of democracy, swipes at Trump in farewell address

Army Gen. Mark Milley delivered a full-throated defense of democracy and not-so-subtle swipes at former President Donald Trump during a packed ceremony as he closed out his four, often tumultuous years as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Independent UK

As Gen. Milley steps down as chairman, his work on Ukraine is just one part of a complicated legacy

As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Mark Milley has spent the better part of the last two years rallying allies to provide weapons for the Ukrainians as they defend their country against the Russian forces

The Independent UK

Gen Mark Milley claims Trump made shocking comment about disabled veteran: ‘No one wants to see that’

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff exposes controversial comments made by ex-president

The Independent UK

US finally confirms new top military leader after GOP delays over abortion policy

‘Senator Tuberville is using them as pawns,’ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday

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US Senate moves forward with military nominations despite abortion protest

General CQ Brown has been confirmed as chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, despite a months-long Senate blockade.

The Independent UK

Senate is set to confirm 3 military nominees but GOP senator still blocking hundreds of others

The Senate is poised to confirm a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as Democrats try to maneuver around holds placed on nominations by Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville over Pentagon abortion policy

The Independent UK

Democrats move to confirm three generals over Tuberville nominee freeze

GOP senator’s opposition to abortion policy has deadlocked US military’s promotion track

WEKU

Tuberville's hold on military promotions may put 650 officers in limbo by year's end

Hundreds of nominees for military positions have been stalled as Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., protests Pentagon abortion policy, and that total could swell to 650, the Pentagon says.

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Biden nominates Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be chief of naval operations

President Biden has nominated Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be the next chief of naval operations. If confirmed she'd be the first woman who would serve in that role and on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Independent UK

Why a single senator is blocking US military promotions and what it means for the Pentagon

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions

The Independent UK

Army colonel gets $975,000 in sex assault case against former Joint Chiefs vice chairman

A retired Army colonel has reached a court settlement of nearly $1 million in a sexual assault lawsuit against Air Force Gen. John Hyten, who served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Salon

Not just the House: Senate GOP gone wild

Mitch McConnell may soon have a Freedom Caucus of his own to contend with

WEKU

One senator's abortion protest leaves the Marine Corps without a permanent leader

The Marine Corps' highest-ranking officer position fell vacant on Monday thanks to a move from Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who continues to block nominations to protest a Pentagon abortion policy.

Al Jazeera

Senator stalls US military promotions in anti-abortion standoff

Senator Tommy Tuberville has blockaded nearly 265 military confirmations to protest the Pentagon’s abortion stance.

The Independent UK

Proposal to end Senate standoff over military promotions and abortion policy goes nowhere

Hopes have been dashed for an imminent end to a Senate standoff that has delayed the promotions of more than 200 military officers and could delay the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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