Trump and Hegseth are politicizing the military, Sen. Jack Reed says [View all]

“It’s the beginning of a very, very serious degradation of the military and politicization of the military,” he said.

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Speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were attempting “to politicize the Department of Defense” by firing top military leaders on Friday night, including Chair of the Joint Chiefs Gen. C.Q. Brown, Chief of Naval Operations Lisa Franchetti and Air Force Vice Chief Gen. James Slife.

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Reed said of these military leaders, who had been confirmed by the Senate for what were supposed to be fixed terms in office: “These men and women were superb professionals. They were committed to their oath to defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Reed also expressed concern over the ouster of the judge advocates general of the Army, Navy and Air Force.

“If you’re going to break the law, the first thing you do is you get rid of the lawyers,” he said.

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