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Mark Kelly: “As soon as Pete Hegseth became the Secretary of Defense, he…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 14:29

What do we do about this? Well, let me talk about what happened a little bit up front and where we are going with this administration. So As soon as Pete Hegseth became the Secretary of Defense, he fired a number of people, including The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General C.Q. Brown. black man who has served his country for over 30 something years, one of the most qualified professional leaders that our military has, who is doing a fantastic job. (14:29–14:44)

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