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The Pentagon has been investigating the retired Navy captain after he and other Democrats publicly called for troops to disobey illegal orders.

Republican national security leaders framed the unprecedented seizure of a sitting foreign leader as a lawful arrest rather than regime change.

"We've entered the 250th year of American democracy and cannot allow it to devolve into the tyranny that our founders fought to escape," Sen. Tim Kaine said.

Ricky Buria had been doing the chief of staff job in an acting capacity for much of the previous year.

The president wants to outfit new surface ships with weapons that haven't been deployed since the Cold War.