On Tuesday, in a meeting of the Senate Commerce Committee, the chair of that committee, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), had some sharp words for the U.S. Army regarding the January 29th collision of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter with an American Airlines passenger jet near Reagan National Airport. The crash killed 67 people.
.@SenTedCruz: “If there is another accident, if another Black Hawk helicopter strikes another passenger jet and murders 67 people…rather than act proactively to protect people’s lives, the Army chose to protect its bureaucratic ass, those deaths will be on the Army’s hands.” pic.twitter.com/8jpAVfpOyM
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Senator Cruz warned the Army:
I want to be explicit to the Army. Every one of us here supports a strong national defense, but the Army does not have at its option ignoring the United States Senate. And if…
