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From Fox News: Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., blasted anyone within the Defense Department working to safeguard certain norms or policies that they expect the incoming Trump administration to target.
“It appears that partisans and obstructionists inside the Department of Defense are laying groundwork to defy or circumvent President Trump’s plans for both military and civil-service reform,” Cotton wrote in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in reference to reports of such strategizing among DOD employees.
“These actions undermine civilian control of the military and our constitutional structure of government.”
Cotton also noted that the day after the election, Austin had sent a memo to the entire Defense Department saying that the military would follow “lawful orders” from Trump, which Cotton called “a thinly veiled and baseless insinuation that President Trump will issue unlawful orders.”
“Partisan actions undermine civilian control of our military and our constitutional structure of government. The pentagon should knock off this nonsense and get on with the business of handing over the reigns to the next administration, Cotton declared.
Partisan actions undermine civilian control of our military and our constitutional structure of government.
The pentagon should knock off this nonsense and get on with the business of handing over the reigns to the next administration. https://t.co/KtzwaqXW0d
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) November 26, 2024
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