Admiral pushed out by Hegseth meets privately with lawmakers

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Source: msn.com


Story by Dan Lamothe, Noah Robertson, Tara Copp • 2h • 3 min read


The top U.S. military officer overseeing operations in Latin America met privately with lawmakers on Tuesday, days before he is due to step down from his position prematurely amid tension with the Trump administration and its deadly counternarcotics campaign there.

Adm. Alvin Holsey, head of U.S. Southern Command, met in a classified session with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (Mississippi) and the committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Jack Reed (Rhode Island). Reed, speaking to reporters afterward, said that Holsey “described the command relationships” he experienced and was “forthcoming,” though there is “still more to be gleaned.”

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (Alabama) and Rep. Adam Smith (Washington), the top Democrat on that committee, scheduled a separate call with Holsey later in the day, said people familiar with the matter, who like some others spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

The Armed Services committees in both the Senate and the House have opened fact-finding inquiries into a U.S. operation Sept. 2 that killed 11 alleged drug runners, including two men who survived the military’s initial strike on their boat in waters off Venezuela. Holsey’s interview was expected to cover a range of topics, including the controversial nature of his early retirement and bipartisan scrutiny of the decision-making on Sept. 2, people familiar with the matter said. Law of war experts have questioned whether the military’s killing of the two survivors was legal.......................










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Admiral pushed out by Hegseth meets privately with lawmakers
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[AverageOldGuy]

1. This is f'ed up

An admiral with four stars fired by a failed National Guard major.

Hogsbreath is a failed NG major who was bounced out because he was not competent to be promoted to the next grade - lieutenant colonel. He was an infantry officer who never enrolled in any of the fundamental infantry schools - Ranger, Airborne, Air Assault, Pathfinder.

[orangecrush]

2. Ruh roh Rhaggy