Don’t Draw Military Into U.S. Election, Ex-Defense Chiefs Say
- Bipartisan group calls on Trump to stop contesting the result
- Ten former U.S. defense secretaries seek peaceful transfer
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All 10 living former U.S. defense secretaries called for a peaceful transition of power this month and warned that any effort to involve the military in resolving election disputes “would take us into dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory.”
Three days before Congress meets to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, the group, who served Democratic and Republican presidents, evoked the Civil War in a message to President Donald Trump to concede defeat, though it didn’t name him.