Lawmakers slam Trump's pick for defense secretary over new oversight policy

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The senior Democrat and Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee criticized acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan over a new policy which they say seeks to limit congressional oversight of the Pentagon

"If implemented, the Department's new policy guidance would dramatically limit Congress' ability to execute our constitutional prerogative," said Chairman Adam Smith, a Democrat, and ranking member Mac Thornberry, a Republican. "Congress oversees the Department of Defense; but with this new policy, the Department is overstepping its authority by presuming to determine what warrants legislative oversight," they added.

The memo also says that the reviewing official should consider"whether the possibility of disclosure presents an unreasonable risk to the conduct of operation" prior to releasing the material to Congress.That part of the policy drew criticism from Smith and Thornberry who wrote"this policy also accuses Congress of being a security risk for classified information, which is both inexcusable and inaccurate.

 

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Has Trump ever chosen a person for the people? Hell no, only people who can continue his agenda of destruction. Got to coddle those Koch brothers.

Acting should not be able to make new policies.

Trump wants to keep us at war. The great world defender. Not looking good.

Congress is slowly being belittled by the Trump administration into an inconsequential branch of government. All members of both parties should see what Trump is doing as the threat that it is and start doing something about it.

He wants to be a dictator

Wow..

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