EXCERPT:
BACON: "Well, it‘s wrong to be abrupt or to the point he on the lining out promotions to brigadier general. He should recommend to the president if he wants to do that. But it really doesn‘t have the authority just to let him out himself. This is really a service decision to promote people to brigadier general or to, you know, one star admiral. I also would say he is fired about 20 admirals and generals I‘ve known. So I worked with some of them personally when I was a one star. They like c.q brown was a one star with me. Uh, Dave alvin, the chief of staff of the air force. We were we went to school twice together and were one stars together. These are great people that we had the commander of cyber command fired for no reason. Probably irreplaceable. No one could do the job the way he did it. So I think it‘s caused damage to the Pentagon, to our overall military. I think it has politicized the process unnecessarily. Everybody knows when you‘re the new secretary, you‘re the boss. He doesn‘t have to fire. And I could see 1 or 2 if people aren‘t working out. But the way he‘s done it, it‘s been wholesale. And I think it‘s hurt the military and what where I come from, it should be not political at all. It‘s about doing your job. It‘s about serving country. I could have told you who was a Republican or Democrat in my unit, maybe with 1 or 2 of my closest friends as an exception. But for the most part, we never you didn‘t know what somebody‘s political leanings were, and you got a job done. You work together. And I think he‘s undermined that with what he‘s done."
