Retired Senior Naval Officer who is quite concerned about what's going on. My oath to the Constitution didn't end upon retirement. I will continue to defend it!
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The Real Dave Petri retweeted
Sec Def Hegseth. Very intelligent. Articulate. Decisive. Two combat tours Iraq and Afghanistan. Princeton.
Can do many push ups … for his age.
Appalling bad judgement.
Ideologue. Terrified of being fired by Trump. Runs the culture wars. Not the Iran War. Trump in charge of the war.
Hegseth focus at company level. Rabid. Testosterone levels. Christian stuff.
Savaged the senior military leadership. Pulled TALENTED senior women and minorities off promotion lists.
Impeachment a diversion. Won’t remove from office. Wait until 3 January.
Focus on tariffs. Tax disparities. Corruption. Allies. Stupidity. End the war.
For someone who is a Navy Vet, you would think he would have read the document he swore an oath to defend.
The Constitution does not authorize impeachment for a Secretary carrying out the orders of the Executive. That would give Congress direct power over Executive functions
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Article II, Section 4 subjects all civil Officers, including Cabinet secretaries, to impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. No exception for following presidential orders. Belknap (1876) and Mayorkas (2024) were impeached.
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Congress do your job!
NSL4A calls on the House to refer the eight articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a thorough, impartial investigation.
Congress must establish the facts and determine whether his actions constitute impeachable offenses.
Read our full statement here: nsl4a.substack.com/p/nationa…
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The Real Dave Petri retweeted
Dramatic interview on NPR today: A former Pete Hegseth spokesman asserts he violated the law and should resign.
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Congress will praise veterans tomorrow. Here's a better way to honor our service: uphold the Constitution we swore to defend.
Investigate the 8 impeachment articles against @PeteHegseth. Establish the facts BEFORE a final House vote.
Accountability, not political theater.
@HouseDemocrats @HouseGOP @SenateGOP @SenateDems
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Nothing says “supporting the first amendment” more than threatening the press prior to a press conference.
A security agent for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just warned the reporters here — for Hegseth’s first press conference in 6 months — that we will be physically removed from the briefing room if we are not professional and maintain decorum. We asked if that meant no shouted questions and got no clarity. It’s the first time any of us could ever remember being threatened like this. Shouted questions are normal. “This is crazy town” one journalist said, noting the White House has never threatened reporters like that. We’re in the room, back row:
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For this year’s midterm election, I was in Washington, DC, with an @NSLforAmerica team.
We prepared to assist elected and election officials if the Federal government interfered with voting and election results.
We hoped for the best, but prepared for the worst. We were extremely grateful that our assistance was unneeded.
The next day, I visited the National Archives to view the document that I and many others vowed to protect and defend.
I left with renewed hope for our country.
Yet, I am not Pollyanish. We still have a great deal of work left to do.
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The Real Dave Petri retweeted
Pete Hegseth wanted a public execution.
Well, they’re getting one tonight.
The Real Dave Petri retweeted
“She's tough, she's fair, and she's a leader.”
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Michael Lehnert endorses Jocelyn Benson for Michigan governor, highlighting her record of protecting voting rights and ensuring fair elections.
Share this with a fellow Michigander if you agree.
The Real Dave Petri retweeted
Americans were told the war with Iran would make us safer. But we're only beginning to understand its full cost here at home and for our servicemembers.
Rear Adm. Mike Smith, USN (Ret.) calls for transparency from the Pentagon following reports of more than 820 American servicemembers wounded in the war with Iran. The American people and our service members deserve the truth.
If we are being asked to bear the costs of this war, we deserve the facts—and a clear plan to bring it to an end.
#IranWar #MilitaryFamilies #NationalSecurity
I concur and that’s why I state in my recent opinion piece:
@MLB Play ball somewhere else. Leave Grand Teton to the generations who come after us.
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Anathema to the @NatlParkService's mission, @MLB approached the Trump Administration about using Grand Teton National Park as a venue for a future baseball game.
Unlike baseball and apple pie, our national parks are truly an American idea meant to “conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same…” for all of us and our posterity.
Play ball somewhere else; leave Grand Teton (and other National Parks) to the generations who come after us.
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I conclude my series on E Pluribus Unum by reflecting on the America that emerged in the days and weeks after 9/11.
Twenty-five years ago, the nation embodied these words, and we can do so again.
Perhaps it is time to restore our national motto to the words our founding fathers gave us, which have best described the American experience for 250 years.
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The Real Dave Petri retweeted
Analysis by @JonahDispatch on NPR includes the phrase, “He’s posting on Truth Social like an escaped monkey from a cocaine study.”
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The Real Dave Petri retweeted
250 days deployed. More than 200 days without a port call. The reports of deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln demand attention.
NSL4A is calling for leadership, transparency, and independent congressional oversight to ensure the welfare of the sailors carrying out the mission.
Read our full statement here: nsl4a.substack.com/p/nationa…
The Real Dave Petri retweeted
Supporting the troops means more than funding the mission. It also means asking whether that mission has a clear strategy, defined objectives, and accountability from civilian leaders.
Retired U.S. Navy Commander and NSL4A Communications Director Dave Petri argues that funding the military cannot substitute for congressional oversight.
Read his piece here: nsl4a.substack.com/p/support…
The Real Dave Petri retweeted
Supporting our troops isn't just showing gratitude, and it isn't just funding. It's demanding a clear mission and strategy from civilian leaders before asking servicemembers to risk their lives.
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#NationalSecurity #SupportTheTroops #MilitaryLeadership #Iran
The Real Dave Petri retweeted
4,000 National Guard troops. No publicly defined mission objective. An end date that happens to match the president's term.
Retired U.S. Navy Captain and NSL4A member Jon Duffy asks why Washington's National Guard deployment has been extended through January 2029 with no clear operational end state.
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#NationalGuard #Military #NationalSecurity #MilitaryLeadership
