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The Joint Force’s commitment to our security has never been more critical. I’m confident you will continue to stand resolute in defense of our Nation,
I was inspired to serve by my father, who told me, ‘Four years in the military will not hurt you.’ Four years turned into four decades, surrounded by the finest service members and civilians from across our Nation,
This is what a strong president does: They get elected, especially without a mandate, without the popular vote, you come in and say, ‘I want to work with Democrats,’
Booker said when asked whether he would work with the White House on lowering prices Donald Trump has thrown that out the window and is sending a dangerous message to the military: It’s not about your independent expertise, it’s not about your years of service. It’s about your personal political loyalty to me, and that is a dangerous message to send to our military at a time when we really need independent, credible advice in going to the president, because we live in a difficult, complex world,
But he didn’t do it the strong-president way. He started issuing these executive orders. None of them had to do with lowering prices,
I have a lot of respect for CQ Brown. I got to know him over the course of a month. He’s an honorable man, not the right man for the moment,
Hegseth said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” I sit with 46 other Senate Democrats, and they are united in this fight, working with state attorneys general, working with governors and working with the greater American population to stop Donald Trump from violating the Constitution, violating separation of powers, violating civil service laws and many other things we’re doing,
he said when asked a second time about his perspective It’s time for fresh blood, so we’re going to open up those positions to a broader set and a merit-based process to find the best lawyers possible to lead the Army, the Air Force and the Navy,
They are already showing that they want to shut down the government. They're trying to shut down [the] Department of Education. They're trying to shut down USAID,
This had zero, absolutely zero to do with race,
I'm thinking about my Air Force career, where I was often the only African American in my squadron or as a senior officer, the only African American in the room,
I said, wait a minute, your name is Razin Caine? I love you, I've been looking for you for five years... this is what I want,
He's spent time as a citizen-soldier. The guy's been out, done other things. He brings a perspective that is not traditional for a chairman, which I think will be a breath of fresh air,
I know he's nontraditional, but that's kind of what this administration looks for,
said Chris Miller, who served as Trump's last acting secretary of defense in his first term We're only hitting them from a temporary base in Syria,
Trump said Caine told him Trump and his loyalists have continued to attack these brave men and women simply because they do not look like them.”
Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said Hegseth has suggested that Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti was only promoted because she is a woman—a suggestion that blatantly disregards her 20 years of operational experience and the fact she has commanded at every level and deployed in every Fleet,
Crockett said in a statement Bigoted statements such as this divisively— and, without evidence—suggest that a servicemembers’ race, religion, sex, or gender identity erode military readiness. These suggestions could not be further from the truth,
Either you're in for warfighting, and that's about it,
Hegseth said on the Shawn Ryan Show In all, the Pentagon is losing six members of its top brass, which is again a break from tradition in a normally non-partisan US military,
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