WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined a bicameral group of colleagues to introduce the Military Officer Promotion Integrity Act. This bill would protect qualified military officers from being arbitrarily removed from promotion consideration for ideological or political reasons by establishing clear standards, basic due process, and meaningful independent review.
"Officers who have earned a promotion deserve to be judged on their qualifications and nothing else," said Senator Gillibrand. "Secretary Hegseth has pushed out our best and brightest, cutting some of the most highly trained, most qualified pe...