WARREN, BLUMENTHAL, GALLEGO, DUCKWORTH, HIRONO, KELLY SLAM PENTAGON'S RESTRICTIONS ON EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE OF STARS AND STRIPES, CALL FOR DEPARTMENT TO REVERSE POLICIES THAT VIOLATE PRESS FREEDOM

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) denounced the Department of Defense's (DoD) restrictions imposed on Stars and Stripes, the military's editorially independent newspaper.

"DoD's new policy threatens the credibility of Stars and Stripes, and the reliable flow of unbiased news to service members...We urge you to immediately rescind DoD's new policy and restore editorial independence guaranteed by the First Amendment to Stars and Stripes," wrote the senators.

In March, DoD issued a memo (https://s3.documentcloud.org/docu...