Sen. Mark Kelly scoffed at the possibility of facing a court martial as he ridiculed President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth as unserious people.
Sen. Mark Kelly said he has read the Justice Department's classified legal rationale for destroying alleged drug boats and that it should be released. If he truly believes the public deserves to know, he should read the memo into the Congressional Record.
-- Freedom of the Press Foundation (@freedom.press) Dec 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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I saw Sen Kelly saying that he has faced tougher situations than this one.
Mark Kelly - Naval career
en.wikipedia.org(1987%E2%80%932011)
... Naval career (1987"2011)
In December 1987, Kelly became a naval aviator and received initial training on the A-6E Intruder attack aircraft. He was then assigned to Attack Squadron 115 (VA-115) at NAF Atsugi in Kanagawa, Japan. He was deployed twice with VA-115 to the Persian Gulf aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway, which was homeported at Naval Station Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Japan. During Operation Desert Storm, Kelly flew 39 combat missions.
After the Gulf War, Kelly received his master's degree and then attended U.S. Naval Test Pilot School from 1993 to 1994. As a naval aviator and test pilot, he has logged over 5,000 hours in more than 50 different aircraft and trapped over 375 carrier landings.[1]
During his Navy career, Kelly received two Defense Superior Service Medals; one Legion of Merit; two Distinguished Flying Crosses; four Air Medals (two individual/two strike flight) with Combat "V"; two Navy Commendation Medals, (one with combat "V"); one Navy Achievement Medal; two Southwest Asia Service Medals; one Navy Expeditionary Medal; two Sea Service Deployment Ribbons; a NASA Distinguished Service Medal; and an Overseas Service Ribbon.[1][11] ...
How's your popcorn supply doin'?
Apologies for the messed up link.
drudge.com seems to have issues with WikiPedia links.
Go here, and scroll down a bit to the what I quoted...
en.wikipedia.org
Interesting ...
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
www.politico.com
... Congress is using its marquee defense bill to force the Pentagon into turning over videos of strikes against suspected drug-smuggling boats off the coast of Latin America.
Lawmakers plan to withhold a quarter of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel budget until the Pentagon provides them with the videos.
The demand, quietly tucked into the final draft of the annual defense policy bill, calls for "unedited video of strikes conducted against designated terrorist organizations in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command" to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. ...
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