Jack Reed vows to get defense budget done despite delays from the White House Jamie McIntyre
BUDGET CRUNCH, ‘HARD CHOICES’: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman
Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, says he and the committee’s top Republican,
Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, are hoping to finish work on the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act before the next fiscal year starts, despite a late start forced by the late budget submission by the White House.
“Both Sen. Inhofe and I are determined to get our bill to the floor and then get the conference done and get a bill to the president s desk,” Reed said yesterday at an event sponsored by the Reagan Institute. “It s going to be difficult. We re going to have to make some hard choices, but our intention is to get the bill done. And to do so in a way that enhances our security.”
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Biden Picks Lesbian Vet Gina Ortiz Jones for Air Force Undersecretary
Former congressional candidate Jones would be the first lesbian, second member of the LGBTQ+ community, and first woman of color to serve in the post. April 28 2021 2:35 PM EDT
President Joe Biden will nominate Gina Ortiz Jones, a lesbian military veteran and former congressional candidate, as undersecretary of the Air Force, the White House announced Tuesday.
If confirmed by the Senate, Jones would be the first lesbian, second member of the LGBTQ+ community, and first woman of color (she’s Filipina-American) to serve in the post. Eric Fanning, a gay man, was undersecretary of the Air Force for two years during President Barack Obama’s administration, then became secretary of the Army.
Published April 28, 2021 9:37am US President Joe Biden has nominated a Filipino-American Iraq War veteran for undersecretary of the Air Force, according to an announcement from the White House. Gina Ortiz Jones is a former US Air Force captain who had seen action in Iraq. Commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program at Boston University, Ms. Jones served as an Air Force intelligence officer and deployed to Iraq with the 18th Air Support Operations Group supporting close air support operations, the White House said of Jones. According to NBC News, Jones mother, Victorina Ortiz, was a public school teacher who immigrated to the United States.