Pentagon cuts Sen. Mark Kelly’s military retirement pay

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Pentagon moves to cut Sen. Mark Kelly’s military retirement pay as punishment over 'illegal orders' video
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Monday that the Pentagon is taking administrative action to punish Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, by cutting his retirement pay for participating in a video where he and other Democratic lawmakers reminded US service members of their duty to refuse illegal orders.

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Hegseth moves to reduce Sen. Kelly’s military retirement pay over unlawful orders video
Pentagon seeks to reduce Sen. Mark Kelly's retirement rank over video urging troops to refuse illegal orders
Mark Kelly Shares Why He's 'Not Backing Down' Following Pentagon Censure
Mark Kelly ripped Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who announced on Monday that the Pentagon was moving to punish the Arizona senator because of a video he and others made that urged U.S. military memb...

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Hegseth censures Kelly after Democrats' video urging troops to resist unlawful orders
In November, Kelly and the other lawmakers – all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community – called on U.S. military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal orders.”

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Hegseth moves to demote Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
Hegseth censures Sen. Mark Kelly over video about unlawful orders

Hegseth goes after Democratic senator’s military retirement check over ‘seditious’ video

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced he’s taken steps to reduce a Democratic senator’s military retirement pay after the lawmaker appeared in a November video urging the armed forces to resist unlawful orders.
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