For the first time in U.S. history, interim officers are now filling three of the eight seats on the Pentagon’s storied board of most senior military members.
Monday was meant to be a historic day, one in which a woman for the first time ascended to the ranks of the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The remarkable situation is thanks to an eight-month blockade on military promotions put in place by Alabama Republican Sen., who opposes a new Pentagon policy on paying for service members to travel to another state to receive abortion and other reproductive services. More than 300 senior officer nominations are now on hold due to the standoff.
With or without a timely confirmation, Franchetti will need to get in front of Congress and make the case for the Navy which has found itself unable to grow or modernize in key areas at a time when policymakers warn China is growing more aggressive.
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