BLUMENTHAL, WARREN, & SHAHEEN DEMAND ANSWERS FROM HEGSETH FOLLOWING LEADERSHIP SHAKE-UP AT STARS AND STRIPES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), senior members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are demanding answers from the Department of Defense on the recent placement of an active duty servicemember to serve as a "deputy" to the publisher at Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that has maintained editorial independence since the Civil War. Following the Department's decision, Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer announced Tuesday he will retire after more than three decades at the newspaper, citing fundamental differences between his understanding of...