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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CNN is reporting they want to fire 50,000 civilian employees at DOD. Which is insane. [quote][b]The Defense Department has temporarily paused a plan to carry out mass firings of civilian probationary employees until Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon’s Office of General Counsel can carry out a more thorough review of the impacts such firings could have on US military readiness, two defense officials familiar with the matter told CNN. [/b] The pause comes after CNN reported on Wednesday that the mass terminations, [b]which could affect over 50,000 civilian employees[/b] across the Pentagon, could run afoul of Title 10 section 129a of the US code. Following that report, Pentagon lawyers began reviewing the legality of the planned terminations more closely, the officials said. That law says that the secretary of defense “may not reduce the civilian workforce programmed full-time equivalent levels unless the Secretary conducts an appropriate analysis” of how those firings could impact the US military’s lethality and readiness. The law also says that mitigating risk to US military readiness takes precedence over cost.[/quote] https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/politics/pentagon-firings-review/index.html[/quote] So they only bothered to check if this might affect military readiness because a law specifically said they had to. Not because that is F&CKING COMMON SENSE!!!![/quote] “ The pause comes after CNN reported on Wednesday that the mass terminations, which could affect over 50,000 civilian employees across the Pentagon, could run afoul of Title 10 section 129a of the US code. Following that report, Pentagon lawyers began reviewing the legality of the planned terminations more closely, the officials said. That law says that the secretary of defense “may not reduce the civilian workforce programmed full-time equivalent levels unless the Secretary conducts an appropriate analysis” of how those firings could impact the US military’s lethality and readiness. The law also says that mitigating risk to US military readiness takes precedence over cost. A senior defense official told CNN on Wednesday that such an analysis had not been carried out before military leaders were ordered to make lists of employees to fire.” Absolutely nuts. Hegseth needs to go. He’s a danger to our national security. [/quote] Hegseth is a DUI hire Fox talking head. I’m so sorry for our enlisted Americans who have this person in charge of their lives. He’s not worthy of this post.[/quote] Interestingly, the military members I know mostly voted for Trump and even we’re celebrating Hegseth’s confirmation on social media, e.g., “making the American military great again”, etc. Not sure how representative they are of enlisted Americans overall but not sure we necessarily need to feel sorry for them. Musk likes to tout the money he’s supposedly saved and he’s no doubt aware there is a lot more potential at DOD for cuts to boost his totals. Could make the cuts at places like USAID look like Pennie’s in comparison.[/quote]
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