U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered the Navy Nov. 25 to review recent comments by Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a retired Navy captain.
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was asked to brief Hegseth on the outcome of the review by Dec. 10.
Kelly is under investigation by the Pentagon after his appearance in a video released Nov. 18 in which he and other lawmakers said members of the military can or should “refuse illegal orders.”
Hegseth criticized the video as a “politically motivated influence operation” on social media platform X on Tuesday.
“The despicable video urging [Department of War] troops to ‘refuse illegal orders’ may seem harmless to civilians—but it carries a different weight inside the military,” Hegseth wrote….
Hegseth Orders Navy to Review Sen. Mark Kelly’s Comments in ‘Illegal Order’ Video
