Three former service members-turned Democratic House lawmakers are demanding answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about recent staffing upheavals at the Pentagon.

In a letter sent to Hegseth on Tuesday and led by former Navy intelligence officer Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.), the group expressed “deep concern regarding the turmoil taking place at the Department of Defense under your leadership.”

Hegseth in the past week has ousted his deputy chief of staff, a senior adviser, and the chief of staff to the deputy Defense secretary, with his chief of staff reassigned to a new position within the department and a top spokesperson choosing to leave.

“Certainly it is the prerogative of every Secretary of Defense to choose his or her own staff, but the scale of these........

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