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(163,346 posts) Wed Nov 5, 2025, 04:00 AM Nov 5

Republican lawmakers lash out at Pentagon for keeping them in the dark

Source: Reuters

November 4, 2025 4:30 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic lawmakers slammed the Pentagon on Tuesday for not briefing them on national security issues and said at times top defense officials appeared to be undermining U.S. President Donald Trump's own policies, in a rare bipartisan show of frustration with the administration.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has worked to control the flow of information about the world's most powerful military and told Pentagon staff they must obtain permission before interacting with members of Congress.

During the more than two-hour-long hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, lawmakers said senior Pentagon officials were unresponsive to questions and concerns from Congress.

Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican, singled out Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon's top policy official. "Man, I can't even get a response, and we're on your team," Sullivan said, adding that it was tougher to get a response from Colby than it was to speak with Hegseth or even Trump.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/republican-lawmakers-lash-out-pentagon-keeping-them-dark-2025-11-04/

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Republican lawmakers lash out at Pentagon for keeping them in the dark (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 5 OP

Probably because Mango Mussolini has informed the brass that they are HIS military AZJonnie Nov 5 #1

What will they do? RandySF Nov 5 #2

Trump stated in public that he will take pensions and rank from those who are not loyal to HIM. Irish_Dem Nov 5 #3

They recognize threats foreign and domestic. Grokenstein Nov 5 #4

What did Republicans who confirmed an unqualified Fox talking head as Secretary of Defense expect? Lonestarblue Nov 5 #5

AZJonnie

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1. Probably because Mango Mussolini has informed the brass that they are HIS military

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Wed Nov 5, 2025, 04:24 AM

Nov 5

Cause it says right there in the Constitution that HE is their COMMANDER IN CHIEF, not the pissants in Congress! So they better not talk to 'em without TRUMP'S permission, otherwise they're all fired!

And I imagine military leaders think Congress are a mostly a bunch of dipshits, esp. the leaders Mango Mussolini still has kept around, so not having to answer to Congress probably sits just fine with a lot of them.

Gaining complete control over the military is pretty much the first month of Dictatorship 101.