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Five former secretaries of defense are calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on President Donald Trump\u2019s recent firings of the chairman<\/a> of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and several other senior military leaders, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five men \u2014 who represented Republican and Democratic administrations over the past three decades \u2014 said the dismissals were alarming, raised \u201ctroubling questions about the administration\u2019s desire to politicize the military\u201d and removed legal constraints on the president\u2019s power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late last week, Trump fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown<\/a> as chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/a> followed that by firing Adm. Lisa Franchetti, chief of naval operations; Gen. Jim Slife, vice chief of the Air Force; and the judge advocates general for the military services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hegseth has defended the firing of Brown, saying that other presidents made changes in military personnel and that Trump deserves to pick his own team. Hegseth said he fired the JAGs because he didn\u2019t think they were \u201cwell-suited\u201d to provide recommendations when lawful orders are given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter \u2014 signed by William Perry, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel<\/a>, Jim Mattis<\/a> and Lloyd Austin<\/a> \u2014 said there were no real justifications for the firings because several of the officers had been nominated by Trump for previous positions. And it said they had exemplary careers, including operational and combat experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe, like many Americans \u2014 including many troops \u2014 are therefore left to conclude that these leaders are being fired for purely partisan reasons,\u201d said the letter, adding that \u201cwe\u2019re not asking members of Congress to do us a favor; we\u2019re asking them to do their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, they said, senators should refuse to confirm any new Pentagon nominations, including retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, who Trump has said should be the next joint chiefs chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s choice of Caine<\/a> is unusual. Caine, who is widely respected in the military, would have to come back onto active duty but he does not meet the legal requirements for the top post. According to law, a chairman must have served as a combatant commander or service chief. The president can waive those requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hagel is a Republican and Mattis, an independent, was Trump\u2019s first defense chief. The other three are Democrats. Four of the five served in the military, including two \u2014 Mattis and Austin \u2014 who were four-star generals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe House and Senate should demand that the administration justify each firing and fully explain why it violated Congress\u2019 legislative intent that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff complete a four-year term in office,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chairman has a four-year term, and Brown had served a bit less than 17 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent decades, a number of three-star and four-star officers have been fired, but Pentagon leaders have routinely made clear why they were ousted. Those reasons included disagreements over the conduct of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars, problems with the oversight of America\u2019s nuclear arsenal and public statements critical of the president and other leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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