All 13 Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee want panel Chair Roger Wicker, R-Miss., to hold a hearing with Pentagon officials to address the Trump administration’s increasing use of the military in American cities.
“The American people deserve clarity on the chosen priorities and missions of the Department of Defense and the short- and long-term implications for national security and responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars of this new focus on a mission usually reserved for law enforcement professionals,” the senators wrote in a letter sent Wednesday to Wicker.
“We call on the Department to explain to Congress and the American people how it plans to resource, execute and justify such a campaign, and how doing so will impact military readiness, the U.S. military’s execution of core missions of deterring and preparing for war, public trust in our military, implications for servicemembers and their families across the United States and the safety of the American people,” the letter stated.
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