WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement calling for President Trump to remove Pete Hegseth from his position as Secretary of Defense and Mike Waltz from his position as National Security Adviser:
“It is abundantly clear that the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Adviser put the lives of American pilots in grave danger. In doing so, they have failed in their mandate to protect the lives of our American military members and our national security interests.
“It is by the grace of God that these pilots are alive today. Had the messages fallen into the wrong hands — a probable scenario given the lack of security and Waltz’s reckless inclusion of a political reporter — the mission would have failed, and there is a more than likely chance those pilots would be dead.
“The President has a duty to take seriously the safety and lives of every American military member. He must remove Pete Hegseth from his position as Secretary of Defense and Mike Waltz from his position as National Security Adviser. Their security clearances must be permanently revoked.
“If the President is unable to bring himself to fire them, then they must both resign immediately.”
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