Mark Kelly

I mean, what we said back in November is the law.

Anybody who graduated from the Military Academy at West Point would often walk by a plaque and it says, when the law and orders are in conflict, you follow the law.

So I'm not surprised.

We have incredibly professional people in the military.

And my hope would be that if the Secretary of Defense, not Secretary of War, the Secretary of Defense were to order them to do something that was unlawful, that they would reject it.

Yeah, it makes it hard for them to do their jobs.

I was talking to a mid-grade officer today, you know, specifically about this and how they're struggling.

Many of them, you know, are struggling with, you know, what have we become as a military?

And they're thinking about their service and, you know, they're patriotic people.

They're incredibly professional.

But when you have this kind of leadership,

especially at the top, it is a challenge for them.

They have to think about, what are we doing here?

And I feel for these guys.

And I did not want to see members of the military put in a position where they have to make these kind of decisions.

But that's where we find ourselves.

That's a contrast, you know, for the time, right?

It makes me think back to 1968 Apollo 10, where Frank Borman, who, by the way, was from Tucson, was the commander of the mission.

I'm here in Tucson today.

Got a telegram from just like a random citizen who said, you saved 1968 Apollo.