Mark Kelly

American politician, astronaut, and naval officer (born 1964)

54 stories

51 quotes

There is no doubt that Nidal Hasan is a murderer who took the lives of 13 people and injured dozens,
You got to remember, this is a guy that gave a big tax cut to the wealthiest Americans, to billionaires and millionaires, and then to partially pay for it, he's kicking people off of their healthcare, off of Medicaid,
He holds some sort of grievance against senior military officers, perhaps because he wasn’t one himself.”
  • Mark Kelly (D-Arizona), a 25-year Navy veteran and former astronaut who drew Hegseth’s wrath after the senator urged military officers to resist any illegal orders, put it plainly in an interview
    Foreign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/10…
He's got some kind of like deep-seated grievance about leadership in the military,... He's purging a generation of great leaders of the military, and it's going to take a generation to recover from it."
We need strong leaders. These folks have decades of experience, some of the best leadership our military has ever had. He's getting rid of them,
The US military doesn’t need more testosterone; it needs better leadership at this point,

Earlier

Trump's slight of South Korea in favor of the North raises broader US security concerns

The Korea Timeskoreatimes.co.kr/world/2026081…

Trump announced the order on social media, directing the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, to scale back Ulchi Freedom Shield, an 11-day exercise due to run from 17 to 27 August involving about 18,000 South Korean troops rehearsing scenarios including missile strikes, drone incursions and cyber-attacks

Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…

Hegseth gets bipartisan grilling on rising costs of the Iran war and Trump's end game

Japan Todayjapantoday.com/category/world…

For his part, the Pentagon chief softened his tone from hearings before Congress nearly two weeks ago, notably avoiding the same pointed criticism of lawmakers in his opening remarks as he outlined the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up production of weapons and other military capabilities

The Korea Timeskoreatimes.co.kr/world/2026051…