GOP Blasts Biden's Pentagon Nominee for 'Incendiary,' 'Intemperate' Tweets [View all]
Source: U.S. News and World Report
President Joe Biden's nominee for the No. 3 civilian at the Pentagon faced a contentious confirmation hearing Thursday with Republican senators taking aim at his fiery tweets in the last four years that they considered "incendiary," "intemperate and imbalanced insults."
Sen. Tom Cotton was the first at the Armed Services Committee hearing to center on some of the specifics of Colin Kahl's online presence during President Donald Trump's administration. The Arkansas Republican took issue with a tweet from October 2019 in which the former Pentagon staffer and Biden aide criticized GOP support for Trump's decision to unilaterally and suddenly withdraw forces from Syria, clearing the way for a Turkish assault on local forces that had fought and died for American interests there.
"The GOP used to pride itself as a party that put values front and center in US foreign policy. Now—as they debase themselves at the alter of Trump—they are the party of ethnic cleansing," Kahl wrote at the time.
Cotton said such "volatile outbursts" demonstrate a lack of good judgement and would poison Kahl's relationship with Congress as well as with his colleagues at the Pentagon were he approved to become the undersecretary for policy. Cotton said he – like many others who would speak on Thursday – will oppose Kahl's nomination.
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