Washington CNN —
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s monthslong standoff that has blocked military promotions over the Pentagon’s abortion care policy is “putting our national security at risk,” three of the nation’s senior-most military officials are warning in a Washington Post op-ed that published Monday night.
The op-ed, authored by Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth and Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, is an unusual public intervention in a congressional political dispute and reflects the frustration felt at the highest levels of the US military over Tuberville’s holds, which have been in place for six months.
“Senators have many legislative and oversight tools to show
