Posted on 03/02/2025 4:55:16 AM PST by Libloather
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five former secretaries of defense are calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on President Donald Trump’s recent firings of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and several other senior military leaders, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
The five men — who represented Republican and Democratic administrations over the past three decades — said the dismissals were alarming, raised “troubling questions about the administration’s desire to politicize the military” and removed legal constraints on the president’s power.
Late last week, Trump fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth followed that by firing Adm. Lisa Franchetti, chief of naval operations; Gen. Jim Slife, vice chief of the Air Force; and the judge advocates general for the military services.
Hegseth has defended the firing of Brown, saying that other presidents made changes in military personnel and that Trump deserves to pick his own team. Hegseth said he fired the JAGs because he didn’t think they were “well-suited” to provide recommendations when lawful orders are given.
The letter — signed by William Perry, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel, Jim Mattis and Lloyd Austin — said there were no real justifications for the firings because several of the officers had been nominated by Trump for previous positions. And it said they had exemplary careers, including operational and combat experience.
“We, like many Americans — including many troops — are therefore left to conclude that these leaders are being fired for purely partisan reasons,” said the letter, adding that “we’re not asking members of Congress to do us a favor; we’re asking them to do their jobs.”
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"Oh, not Mattis?!"
Yes, even tough guys can be commies.
Five Ultra Left-wing heads of the DOD,
There fixed it
Not only no but H double hockey sticks no
DEI hires all!
If I remember correctly, Obama’s admin and Biden’s admin came in and got rid of every conservative military leader they could find.
It was hardly mentioned when it was them.
Some 'likely lads' there - as we say in the UK..
Five idiots who obviously don't know how things work. Proof they should have been fired or never should have served.
> there were no real justifications for the firings <
I just looked it up in my copy of the Constitution. The word “justification” does not appear anywhere in the description of the president’s role as commander-in-chief.
I guess the signers of that letter don’t have copies of the Constitution. Because otherwise they could have looked it up too.
🤔
“There’s no Super Bowl do-over, guys!”
David Hackworth.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hackworth
A warrior, up from the ranks, made it to colonel after Korea and Viet Nam wars, on the way home to be promoted general he gave an honest interview in Australia re the conduct of the war and became persona non grata in the US, for years after he stayed abroad until the Pentagon gave up trying to court martial him.
When Obama did it, no one blinked an eye.
Mattis was and is the worst offender. He was beloved by marines. He lead them off the cliff to insubordination of the worst kind
What is his goal here?
Hopefully the Pam bondi Geraldo fiasco is a fluke and not harbinger for the Trump first term fiascos to come
“...politicize the military...”???????
LOL...WTH has the leftist/liberal/democrats been trying their best to do????
“ The five men — who represented Republican and Democratic administrations over the past three decades”
Let me correct represented the deep state over the past three decades
The rats are coming out of the woodwork exposing themselves
I couldn’t remember. Thanks.
If we had a real media this would be covered properly, there is a reason theu are called legacy media.
Please stick with the playbook, it is “flawless”😎
Don’t care what they want. Tough crap their Leftist/Deep State Neocon buddies are getting fired. That’s the president’s prerogative as per the Constitution.
Did they call for Congressional hearings when Obama fired hundreds of military officers when he was president? Of course not.
Lloyd Austin is particularly amusing, the guy who hid xidens dementia, and his medical condition. Perfect
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