1. United States
2. Mass.
3. Letter

congress Please immediately demand a public explanation for the purpose, agenda, and outcomes of the Quantico gathering requested by Defense secretary Pete Hegseth. This gathering is not explained by the Pentagon. In the middle of tense Pacific deployments, in volatile Middle Eastern theaters, on NATO’s razor’s edge in Europe—commanders are being yanked from the field. Virtually the entire upper tier of America’s military leadership will be concentrated in one location. This is not safe and is weakening US ability to respond to crises in real time. It also raises the possibility of Hegseth conducting a closed-door loyalty pledge test to see which generals bend, and which resist. Demand public explanations now!