Pentagon seeks to reduce Sen. Mark Kelly’s retirement rank over video urging troops to refuse illegal orders

By Rebecca Shabad WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the Pentagon is taking steps to downgrade Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s military retirement rank and pay because of his “seditious statements.” Hegseth said in a statement that Kelly, of Arizona, a retired Navy captain, was part of a group of members of Congress who six weeks ago “released […]