Posted on Sep 11, 2023
GOP Rep. Michael McCaul slams Tommy Tuberville’s military blockade as a 'national security...
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Good afternoon PO1 William "Chip" Nagel. Excellent post. Thank You for sharing this shipmate.
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What's annoying is reading Tuberville supporters argue they don't want their taxes paying for abortions; ignorant to realize their taxes are going to pay reimbursable travel fees for medical leave which is already done for other medical treatments not available to a Servicemember at their duty station. You just can't fix stupid.
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PO3 Shayne Seibert
Abortion is a choice 95% of the time. However, with additional housing requirements for children, commodities and food stamps, and medicaid for the kids, it might be cheaper to pay for the abortions.
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PO3 Shayne Seibert Again, it is the woman who is paying for the medical abortion through her insurance or whatever resource that is available to her. DoD is only reimbursing travel to some extent. As for taxpayer money being spent on housing, cost of living expenses for military dependents, or taxpayers subsidizing programs for low income families that need childcare, better wages, food, etc. then yeah let's cut some of that fraud and waste by the military industrial complex programs like the LCS .
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Sunday condemned Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s ongoing hold on hundreds of military promotions, calling it a “paralyzing” move that amounts to a “national security problem.”
“The idea that one man in the Senate can hold this up for months — I understand maybe promotions, but nominations? — is paralyzing the Department of Defense,” Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I think that is a national security problem and a national security issue.”
Tuberville, R-Ala., who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has blocked hundreds of military promotions for months over his objection to a Defense Department policy that provides paid time off and reimburses travel costs for service members and dependents seeking abortions.
The Defense Department’s policy on abortion has drawn heated debate among congressional lawmakers and has become a major part of negotiations on the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual must-pass defense policy bill. The GOP-led House passed its version of the legislation after it added an amendment that would force the Pentagon to rescind the policy.
The Democratic-led Senate, however, passed its own version of the NDAA in July after it bypassed floor votes on amendments related to abortion access and transgender health care in the military."...
"The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Sunday condemned Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s ongoing hold on hundreds of military promotions, calling it a “paralyzing” move that amounts to a “national security problem.”
“The idea that one man in the Senate can hold this up for months — I understand maybe promotions, but nominations? — is paralyzing the Department of Defense,” Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I think that is a national security problem and a national security issue.”
Tuberville, R-Ala., who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has blocked hundreds of military promotions for months over his objection to a Defense Department policy that provides paid time off and reimburses travel costs for service members and dependents seeking abortions.
The Defense Department’s policy on abortion has drawn heated debate among congressional lawmakers and has become a major part of negotiations on the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual must-pass defense policy bill. The GOP-led House passed its version of the legislation after it added an amendment that would force the Pentagon to rescind the policy.
The Democratic-led Senate, however, passed its own version of the NDAA in July after it bypassed floor votes on amendments related to abortion access and transgender health care in the military."...
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