WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, along with her colleagues in demanding answers on the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to politicize Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper that has long maintained editorial independence. The letter follows recent reporting on how Stars and Stripes job applicants have been asked to explain how they would advance the Administration's policy priorities, and comments from the Pentagon's top public affairs official on the Department's plans to overhaul the newspaper.
"We write to express our strong...