Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is blocking the promotion of an Army general over the role he allegedly played in hiding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization nearly nine months ago.
Lt. Gen. Ronald P. Clark, 58, has been nominated to become the four-star commander of all U.S. Army forces in the Pacific.
Clark was Austin’s senior military assistant when the defense secretary underwent surgery on Dec. 22 to treat prostate cancer and was admitted to intensive care a week later after having developed severe complications from the procedure.
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