WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Jack Reed issued the following press release:
After retired U.S. Navy officer and current U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) filed a lawsuit in DC federal court (https://www.kelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/statement-from-senator-kelly-3/) seeking to reverse U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's letter of censure and potentially demote Kelly's rank, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement:
"In America, you are allowed to disagree with the government without the government unfairly punishing you for it.
"Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had every right to express his displeasure or disagree with Senator Kelly for stating a basic, established military principle. Instead, Secretary He...