Senators challenge Hegseth’s bottleneck on communications with Congress

Two senators raised concerns on Tuesday about a new Pentagon policy that could bar defense personnel and military commanders from communicating with lawmakers without prior approval. The mid-October memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would “throttle” communication between the committee and the Pentagon, said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel. “I'm concerned about the October 15