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US Navy joins Army, Marine Corps in having no Senate-confirmed leader, in historic first (www.reuters.com)
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WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Monday became the third branch of the military to no longer have a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in history, as a Republican senator continues to block military nominations.

Retiring Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday gave up command on Monday. The Navy, Army and Marine Corps are now all without a confirmed leader.

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[–] [S] 34 points 3 years ago (2 children)

In one way, this can actually be seen as a good thing for Biden. It is the duty of the Senate to advise and consent. The Senate has effectively abdicated that duty. The job of doing appointments for the military now rests solely in the hands of the executive branch, President Biden.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    This should be grounds to dismiss the senate and call new elections

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    I'll assume you aren't an American (or that you're joking), but the US has no procedures to "dismiss" a legislative body. The US is a presidential republic with regularly scheduled elections at fixed dates, and there is no such thing as a "Snap Election".

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  • [+] 12 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Well, elections can cost a lot of money if it happens too frequently.

    But at least we don't have to deal with election campaign ads all the time, since election dates are unpredictable.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    I am American. I just think we’ve got a fucked up political system and can learn a lot from around the globe. I also support Ranked-choice voting and doing away with the two party system in favor of multiple parties (since there’s a lot of gray areas and less black or white). Once formed the parties can align forming coalitions to determine leadership of the upper and lower houses. While I’m at it, let’s add term limits and age limits to ALL 3 government branches (that’s right SCOTUS, I’m looking at you)

    Finally, I’d also love to see Question Time added to the US structure.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I sure love it when the President can dissolve legislative branches until he gets the party that he wants.😐

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