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US Navy joins Army, Marine Corps in having no Senate-confirmed leader, in historic first (www.reuters.com)

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WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Monday became the third branch of the military to no longer have a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in history, as a Republican senator continues to block military nominations.

Retiring Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday gave up command on Monday. The Navy, Army and Marine Corps are now all without a confirmed leader.

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[–] notacat@mander.xyz 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you effing kidding me? He’s blocking it because he doesn’t like the idea of soldiers getting abortions.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

You can kill foreign children, but not your red-blooded American fetuses.