Five former defense secretaries On Thursday, a destructive letter issued in which President Donald Trump was attacked for the dismissal of the chairman of the joint staff chefs and other senior officers.
In an open letter published on Thursday, former Defense Minister James Mattis, Leon Panetta, Lloyd Austin, Chuck Hagel and William Perry insisted on the congress To keep immediate hearings about Trump’s recent fired from joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown and various other senior military leaders.
They said that senators “refuse to” confirm new dod nominations in response to the dismissals.
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Five former defense secretaries have criticized President Donald Trump in a letter for the dismissal of the chairman of the joint staff chefs and other high military officers. (Andrew Harnik/Getty images)
In the letter they claimed that Trump’s actions “undermined our completely voluntary strength and weakened our national security” and they accused the president of turning the apolitical American army into an instrument of part-time politics and the use of shooting, which extend to the highest army, naval and air force lawyers, to do this.
All Minister of Defense, only one, James Mattis, served under democratic administrations.
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Trump announced the dismissal on Friday, but his administration still has to clarify in detail what caused the unprecedented commotion, which also included the dismissal of the head of the head The NavyAdmiral Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to led a military service.
All former defense minister who wrote the letter to President Trump worked under Democratic administrations. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty images)
Air Force General or Brown was only the second black officer who became joint Chiefs chairman and he was less than halfway through his four-year period when he was released.
“The resignation of Mr Trump raises disturbing questions about the wishes of the government to politicize the army,” they wrote. “We, like many Americans – including many troops – are therefore left to conclude that these leaders are being fired for purely partisan reasons.”
Fox News Digital has contacted the White House for comments on the letter.
The former Minister of Defense called on the congress to keep hearings to “assess the implications of national security” of Trump’s resignation. Republicans have a majority in both rooms.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown was not even let go in his four-year term under the Trump government. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
The letter warned that the actions in the Pentagon Americans could prevent from choosing a life in the army if their career were assessed by the lens of partisan politics. It can also have a horrifying effect on speaking ‘truth to power’, they warned.
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“We write to encourage the American congress to keep Mr Trump to explain these reckless actions and to fully practice the responsibilities of constitutional supervision,” they wrote.
Liz Friden and Reuters from Fox News have contributed to this report.
