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Senator presses Hegseth, Caine for commitment to keep US military out of the midterm elections

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday to confirm he won’t send U.S.…

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  1. WTOP Washington DC

    Senator presses Hegseth, Caine for commitment to keep US military out of the midterm elections (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday to confirm he won’t send U.S.…

  2. PBS NewsHour

    Sen. Slotkin presses Hegseth, Caine to commit to keeping U.S. military out of the midterm elections (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    "I'd ask you to confirm a simple statement: the Department of Defense will not send Federal troops to the polls or to seize election materials of any kind," Slotkin wrote to Hegseth and to Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in letters Tuesday.

  3. UPI

    Slotkin asks Hegseth, Caine to confirm no troops at polling places (opens UPI)

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    Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., sent letters Monday to Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine to confirm that they would not send troops to polling places.

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