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Jack Reed: firing the military’s most senior legal advisers is an unprecedented and explicit move to install officers who will…

On the recordFebruary 23, 2025
firing the military’s most senior legal advisers is an unprecedented and explicit move to install officers who will yield to the president’s interpretation of the law, with the expectation they will be little more than yes men on the most consequential questions of military law.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed criticizes Trump's firings of military legal advisers as a move towards autocracy.

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