MORNING GLORY: Democrat El-Sayed reminds us just one senator can do great damage to our military

It is not often that I write critically of a Republican United States senator. But that happened in February 2023, when Alabama Sen.
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It is not often that I write critically of a Republican United States senator. But that happened in February 2023, when Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville placed a hold on military promotions to protest a Department of Defense policy that covered travel expenses for service members seeking reproductive healthcare across state lines. Tuberville's hold ultimately delayed the promotions of more than 400 senior military officers, many of whom were colonels or Navy captains awaiting promotion to general or flag rank, for roughly 10 months.The "Tuberville Blockade" upended the lives and careers of hundreds of Army, Air Force and Marine Corps colonels and Navy captains by seriously disrupting carefully planned career paths and assignments.
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- It is not often that I write critically of a Republican United States senator. But that happened in February 2023, when Alabama Sen.
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MORNING GLORY: Democrat El-Sayed reminds us just one senator can do great damage to our military
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