WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Angus King issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) today grilled potential Trump Administration officials on the legality and ethics of national guard deployments in American cities, as well as the controversial boat strikes in the Caribbean. In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Senator King questioned Mr. Mark R. Ditlevson, nominee to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas Security Affairs, on the role of the Department of Defense, legal ramifications of DoD decision making, and his personal priorities if nominated to the post.
Senator King began the conversation by asking about the classification authority of the strikes in the Car...