Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Monday tweeted a three-year-old press release from Sen. Tammy Duckworth announcing her hold of more than 1,200 military promotions. Duckworth's hold was lifted after two weeks.
Tuberville on Monday tweeted a three-year-old press release from Duckworth announcing her hold of more than 1,200 promotions. Duckworth demanded that former Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirm in writing that he did not block the promotion of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman to colonel. Vindman, then the Ukraine expert during the Trump administration, listened to and reported his concerns about the call former President Donald Trump had with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
after receiving assurances Vindman received no promotion backlash as a result of reporting the Ukraine phone call. “And Republican leadership had offered him multiple off-ramps to this,” Duckworth said. “And he’s backed himself into a corner, I mean. You know what he’s saying is that Democrats need to pass a national codification of Roe V Wade. We would love to do that. Obviously, that’s not going happen anytime soon with the Senate as closely split as it is,” she said.
While tax money does not fund the abortion itself, it does provide funds for paid leave and travel expenses.
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