In Op-Ed, 10 Ex-Defense Secretaries Say Military Has No Role In Election Dispute

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper joined nine other former defense secretaries in calling for an end to challenges to the presidential election.

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The U.S. presidential election, and the time for questioning its results, is over, all 10 living former secretaries of defense wrote in a forceful op-ed published on Sunday.

“Our elections have occurred. Recounts and audits have been conducted. Appropriate challenges have been addressed by the courts. Governors have certified the results. And the electoral college has voted,” the ten men from both Republican and Democratic administrations, wrote.

“The time for questioning the results has passed; the time for the formal counting of the electoral college votes, as prescribed in the Constitution and statute, has arrived,” they said.