Mark Kelly, Pete Hegseth and Defense Secretary

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Sen. Mark Kelly sues Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over efforts to reduce his military retirement rank
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., filed a lawsuit Monday against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon, charging their effort to censure and demote him is "unlawful and unconstitutional."

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Mark Kelly sues Pete Hegseth over ‘legally baseless’ threats after senator’s warning to troops
Sen. Mark Kelly sues Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over censure
Sen. Mark Kelly Sues Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Over Censure
Sen. Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, saying the Pentagon chief’s move to formally censure and demote him for participating in a video calling on troops to disobey illegal ord...

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US senator sues Pentagon chief over 'unconstitutional' punishment
Sen. Mark Kelly sues Hegseth to block move to cut rank and pension over illegal orders video
Sen. Mark Kelly files lawsuit alleging Hegseth violated his rights with push for punishment over illegal orders video
“If permitted to stand, the Secretary’s censure and the grade-determination proceedings that he has directed will inflict immediate and irreparable harm,” the lawsuit says.

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The Latest: Sen. Mark Kelly sues Pentagon over punishment for warning troops of illegal orders
Kelly sues Pentagon over attempts to punish him

Fight between Kelly and Hegseth over ‘unlawful orders’ video headed to court

Sen. Mark Kelly sued Hegseth and the Pentagon, saying actions against him would cause a chilling effect on veterans' speech.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth’s divisive, headline-grabbing maiden year in office

Some salute defense secretary’s actions that he says will reawaken the military’s ‘warrior ethos’ — and others, not so much

Hegseth goes after Democratic senator’s military retirement check over ‘seditious’ video

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced he’s taken steps to reduce a Democratic senator’s military retirement pay after the lawmaker appeared in a November video urging the armed forces to resist unlawful orders.
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