Senator Reed suggests deploying Marines to Los Angeles protests illegal diminution of readiness and focus at hearing with Secretary Hegseth

Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth discuss how law and order was a civil function under the Constitution of the United States handled by civil enforcement law enforcement authorities not the US Military, noting there's precedent for US Military support, explaining that what the military was doing right now was laying concentrating wire, guarding buildings, and maintaining vehicles for other services, Reed calling the action not only illegal but also a diminution of readiness at a fiscal 2026 budget hearing with the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.