"This is not the final step, but we're getting close to the final steps of undoing the entire system of oversight within the executive branch,"
"has been weaponized, putting complainers, ideologues and poor performers in the driver's seat."
"No more frivolous complaints. No more anonymous complaints. No more repeat complainants. No more smearing reputations. No more endless waiting. No more legal limbo. No more sidetracking careers. No more walking on eggshells."
"The atmosphere that was created in the meeting yesterday by the secretary of - still the secretary of Defense, Congress has not changed the name to secretary of War - the secretary of Defense and the president chilled the ability for anybody to come forward,"
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced changes to the Department of Defense inspector general office following an Office of Management and Budget decision that effectively defunded a governmentwide office that trains and supports oversight employees. Bipartisan members of Congress and oversight organizations expressed alarm, noting President Trump's earlier removal of 17 inspectors general at the start of his second term. Andrew Bakaj, chief legal counsel for Whistleblower Aid and former DOD IG staff, warned that the moves could chill whistleblowing and weaken executive-branch oversight. Hegseth characterized the IG process as weaponized and ordered military secretaries to coordinate implementation steps.
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