Reed Statement on Seven Former Defense Secretaries' Letter Calling for End to Military Promotions Blockade
May 05, 2023
May 05, 2023
WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on May 4, 2023:
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After seven former U.S. Secretaries of Defense--from both Republican and Democratic administrations--sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. Senate urging an end to a partisan, months-long blockade of hundreds of senior U.S. military promotions, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement:
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After seven former U.S. Secretaries of Defense--from both Republican and Democratic administrations--sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. Senate urging an end to a partisan, months-long blockade of hundreds of senior U.S. military promotions, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement: