Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) offered President Trump a fiery rebuke late Friday, admonishing the president for the administration's moves to overhaul the Defense Department, which he says are rankling the rank-and-file and poisoning the military's “ethos.”

"Donald Trump’s quest for power is endangering our military," Reed, a former Army paratrooper, wrote in an op-ed published by The Washington Post.

“The implications for our national security cannot be overstated. A clear message is being sent to military leaders: Failure to demonstrate personal and political loyalty to Trump could result in retribution, even after decades of honorable service,” he added later.

His criticism came just after Trump ousted Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown Jr. as chairman of........

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