【Key Focus: Retired U.S. Navy Captain and Astronaut Kelly Comments on a Full Investigation by the U.S. War Department】
On November 24, 2025, in Washington time, after the U.S. War Department announced a full investigation into Mark Kelly, Mark Kelly responded in a statement:
I was commissioned as a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel at the age of 22 and took an oath to the U.S. Constitution. I went through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions during Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space shuttle flights with NASA, and since retiring—I have been doing it every day after retiring—that was after my wife Gabby was shot in the head while serving voters.
Hegseth's statement was the first time I heard about the Pentagon's investigation. I also saw the president post that I should be arrested, hanged, and executed.
If this is intended to intimidate me and other members of Congress to prevent them from fulfilling their duties and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I have given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the U.S. Constitution.
Lao Liu's supplementary information:
Mark Kelly is currently a Democratic Senator from Arizona. He served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy, with a total flying time of 4,500 hours. He later became an astronaut and completed four U.S. NASA space missions. Last week, he appeared in a video with several other lawmakers urging the military to refuse illegal orders.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1849700169195527/
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