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GOP Sen. Tuberville's hold on nominations could cause armed forces to "lose talent," nominee for top military officer says
CBSN
The nominee to be the next top military officer in the U.S. on Tuesday warned there will be widespread impacts because of one senator's hold on military nominations, including losing talent.
Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, whose own nomination to become the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff could be held up in the Senate, said during his confirmation hearing Tuesday that the hold creates challenges that affect service members now and into the future.
"We have our more junior officers who will now look up and say if that's the challenge I'm going to have to deal with in the future, I may not want – I'm going to balance between my family and serving in a senior position," Brown said. "We will lose talent because of those challenges."
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