Air Force Secretary Scorches Tommy Tuberville Over Military Promotion Blockade
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall went after Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) for his blockade of hundreds of military promotions.“Sen. Tuberville has no experience in the military. It’s his first time in public service and I don’t think he appreciates how much of an impact this is having and how negative an impact it is for the military,” Kendall told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Saturday.Kendall’s remarks arrive as the Alabama senator and ex-college football coach continues to keep promotions on hold to protest the Pentagon’s policy on providing service members with paid leave and covering travel costs to get an abortion in another state. Kendall, along with Army Secretary Christine Wormuth and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, recently wrote a Washington Post opinion piece where they referred to ac...