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With neither side showing signs of giving in, Mr. Austin issued a memo to senior military officials last week outlining what the Defense Department could do to “mitigate the disruption” resulting from the Alabama Republican lawmaker’s blanket hold on Senate confirmation of all U.S. military generals and admirals.
“This unprecedented, across-the-board hold is having a cascading effect, increasingly hindering the normal operations of this department and undermining both our military readiness and our national security,” Mr. Austin wrote in the memo outlining his planned workaround. The meme was made public Monday.
Gen. David Berger, the former commandant of the Marine Corps, retired last month. His successor, Gen. Eric Smith, officially the assistant commandant, has been acting commandant since then. Officers who would assume the role of the head of a military organization due to normal succession, such as a deputy or vice commander, may take the position in an acting or temporary capacity even if they haven’t been nominated for the job.
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