‘Not going to let our military be politicised,’ says Republican delaying nominees over abortion
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#6A9EP)
Defense secretary Lloyd Austin asks Tommy Tuberville of Alabama to lift hold', while Democrat Chuck Schumer issues firm rebuke
A Republican senator holding up more than 100 nominations over Pentagon policy on abortion claimed: I'm not going to let our military be politicised."
Tommy Tuberville, from Alabama, was speaking on Tuesday at a hearing staged by the armed services committee.
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