WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:

Gillibrand: "This Is A Secretary Of Defense Who Does Not Know How To Lead Our Country Productively To Keep Americans Safer."

***Watch Senator Gillibrand's Full Interview Here***

Today, in an interview on CNN's The Situation Room, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, called for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's immediate resignation following recent revelations that 8 sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group had attempted suicide and that Hegseth plans to cut the number of generals and admirals in the military by 20%.

Gillibrand also continued to demand immediate passage o...