{"id":143578,"date":"2026-01-05T17:07:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143578"},"modified":"2026-01-05T17:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:07:28","slug":"pentagon-to-cut-senator-mark-kellys-military-retirement-pay-over-misconduct-says-hegsethunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143578","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon to cut Senator Mark Kelly\u2019s military retirement pay over misconduct, says HegsethUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday \u200cthat he will demote Senator Mark Kelly from his rank \u200das a retired Navy captain for \u201creckless misconduct\u201d after he and other Democratic lawmakers urged troops to refuse any illegal orders.<br \/>\nHegseth said Kelly will see a reduction in retirement pay and \u2060a letter of censure attached to his military record. He could face additional measures in the future depending on his actions, he warned in a post on social media.<br \/>\nAlthough extraordinary, the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3338829\/pentagon-cut-senator-mark-kellys-military-retirement-pay-over-misconduct-says-hegseth?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday \u200cthat he will demote Senator Mark Kelly from his rank \u200das a retired&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143578"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}