Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee say President Trump's executive order freezing the hiring of federal civilian workers is threatening military readiness because it impacts key personnel who maintain aircraft, ships and ground vehicles. "Because of Trump’s order, hundreds of maintainers across the country who are employed for renewable terms are at risk of being laid off, and thousands of these maintainers are now unable to be hired, promoted, transferred, recruited, and in many cases simply do their work,"...
