Senate Democrats are demanding answers from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth about his plan to call hundreds of the nation’s top generals and admirals, along with their senior enlisted advisers, to Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump also is expected to attend the meeting. Although no reason was given for the gathering, Hegseth reportedly is to speak about the “warrior ethos” and military standards he wants enforced at the Department of War.
In a letter to Hegseth on Saturday, Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the move an unprecedented, costly, and risky gathering that could pull more than 1,000 service members from their posts worldwide at taxpayer expense. They warned that the meeting lacked precedent and clear justification.
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