Ex-marine fighter pilot tears apart Trump Pentagon chief for flouting military rules

Ex-marine fighter pilot tears apart Trump Pentagon chief for flouting military rules

An ex-Marine fighter pilot tore into President Donald Trump's Pentagon during a Wednesday appearance on CNN, taking the agency to task over damning new reports about promotions being blocked for women and minority officers.Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had, potentially in defiance of military rules, intervened to block nine officers from being added to a list for promotions, half of whom were …