More than 300 signs dotted the lawn outside the U.S. Senate Tuesday, each bearing the name of a military nominee blocked this year by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy.
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The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Gen. Eric Smith to become the next Marine Corps commandant, the third nomination to move through the Senate after Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) monthslong blockade on military promotions and confirmations.
WASHINGTON More than 300 signs dotted the lawn outside the U.S. Senate Tuesday, each bearing the name of a military nominee blocked this year by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama in …