Minister of Defense The Pete Hegsetth circulates the Congress of Republican Congress with the names of top military generals and officers interested in release, Fox News learned.
Among the names on the list are Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the current head of maritime operations and another woman promoted to a four -star Admiral in Navy history, said senior official.
“She’s one of the people on the list,” the clerk said.
United States Minister of Defense Peta Hegsetth participates in a meeting of the Ministers of Defense of the NATO Federation headquarters in Brussels, Belgium last week. (Reuters/Yves Herman)
So far, the list contains “a handful of names”, but that may not be the final version. Transmitted to Republican members of Congress, not Democrats.
Several top Republicans on the Armed Forces Committee said they had heard of the list, but that they had not seen it themselves.
“Maybe I heard rumors, but I won’t speculate on rumors,” said Senate Senate Committee, Roger Wicker (R-Mis.), Fox told Fox. “No one approached me on such a list except the people who ask me questions.”
Hegsetth was supposed to travel Bay Guantanamo, Cuba Conduct a media interview on Friday, but the trip was postponed by Tuesday.
Some officials delayed as another sign that release could be inevitable. Late Friday is often a time when they are released in Washington.
Maritime Operation Chief, Admiral Lisa Franchetti on Thursday, May 2, 2024 – (Photo: Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
During his term, Franchetti commanded two groups to strike a plane in the Pacific and served as a commander of us Maritime forces of Korea. She was also the deputy head of the maritime operations for the development of war and the director of the strategy, plans and policy of joint staff.
As chief of the 6th fleet, she monitored the Navy’s response to the use of chemical weapons of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
“She’s a warrior warrior. She is an operational leader. She is a strategist. She is an innovator,” said Admiral Michael Gilday, a former head of maritime operations, said when he nominated the franchise at the time- he nominated franchises at the timePresident Joe Biden In July 2023.
“She is the builder of the team. She is a trailblazer. She is an example of personal and professional resistance and a testimony of the power of the American dream to inspire the service and sacrifice,” Gilday said.
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Hegsetth was careful about their belief that women should not serve in combat roles.
“I said directly that we should not have women combat roles – It didn’t make us more effective, he didn’t make us more deadly, he made a fight more complex, “said November 2024.
He later clarified his comments, saying that his remarks were “misinterpreted, that somehow I do not support women in the military, some of our greatest warriors, our best warriors are women there.”
It is said that the president of the joint bosses of CQ Brown is also on the list.
Asked if he would release Brown on the first day in power, Hegsetth said “I’m looking forward to what I’m going to do with him.”
Brown stood next to Hegsetth as he answered the question.
