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Pressure to end Tuberville’s blockade climbed in recent weeks as Democrats and military officials detailed how frozen promotions and appointments impacted military families and national security.

The majority leader had hoped that GOP’s Tuberville would lift his blanket hold.

STUCKEY — The investigation and work to collect wreckage of the F-35B Lightning II fighter jet that crashed in rural South Carolina stretched into a fourth day.

US senators voted Wednesday to confirm General Charles Brown as the countrys next top military officer, one of hundreds of nominations that have been stalled by a lawmakers protest against Pentagon abortion access policies.

Lawmakers will vote later this week on two other top nominations, the Senate's first actions to address Tuberville's blockade.

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General Charles Q. Brown Jr. was confirmed by the Senate as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff despite Tubervilles anti-abortion blockade.

GOP senator’s opposition to abortion policy has deadlocked US military’s promotion track

The Senate is poised to confirm a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Wednesday as Democrats try to maneuver around holds placed on hundreds of nomination