President Joe Biden on Thursday hit out at Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville’s monthslong effort to block the upper chamber from advancing hundreds of promotions for military officers and nominations for key positions in the US armed services, calling the Republican lawmaker’s position “ridiculous” and a threat to national security.
Mr Biden, who addressed a question about Mr Tuberville’s actions during a press conference alongside Finnish President Sauli Niinistö in Helsinki, said he’d be willing to speak with the first-term senator if he thought there was any possibility that it would result in him lifting his hold on the long list of nominations.
