Biden attacks ‘ridiculous’ Republican senator for blocking military picks
by Martin Pengelly in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6CYH8)
President says Tommy Tuberville is jeopardising national security with protest against defense department's abortion policy
The Alabama Republican senator Tommy Tuberville is jeopardising US national security by blocking military leadership confirmations in protest of Pentagon policy on abortion, Joe Biden and the US defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters in Finland, where he attended meetings after the Nato summit in Lithuania, Biden said he would talk to Tuberville if he thought there was any prospect he would change his ridiculous" position.
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