Tuberville announced he was dropping his procedural hold on military confirmations on all but those nominated to be four-star generals and admirals.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) announced Tuesday that he would drop his 10-month hold on military promotions for those being promoted to three stars and below. Tuberville, who has held up en bloc voting on military promotions over the Pentagon policy for abortion,

Tuberville said he will continue to block the promotion of all senior military positions that are four stars or higher.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is backing down on his hundreds of military holds in the Senate, he announced on Tuesday.

The US Army chief of staff promoted eight Army general officers on Thursday, marking nearly the end of the monthslong delay of general officer promotions and confirmations due to a hold by Republican Sen.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville held up the confirmations to protest a Pentagon abortion policy, which offers travel expenses and time off for service members and their dependents seeking legal abortions.