Mark Kelly sues Hegseth over ‘chilling’ effort to reduce military retirement rank
by Richard Luscombe from US news | The Guardian on (#72S5Q)
US defense secretary Pete Hegseth tried to reduce veteran's pension for speaking out against Trump administration
Democratic US senator Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to nullify the chilling" attempt by the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, to reduce the military veteran's rank and pension as punishment for speaking out against the Trump administration.
Hegseth had previously issued a formal censure to Kelly, a decorated retired navy captain and Nasa astronaut, for alleged seditious statements" he made urging service members to resist unlawful orders. It began a process that could lead to Kelly, a senator for Arizona since 2021, being demoted and having his pension cut.
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