Frank Kendall
Role at the time: Former Secretary of the Air Force, interviewed on ABC's This Week
Condemned
Statement summary
Frank Kendall said that when officers are asked to do something "illegal, immoral, wrong, or even unconstitutional", "The most egregious example is the strikes on drug boats".
“it's not accurate when you're asked to do something that's illegal, immoral, wrong, or even unconstitutional. The most egregious example is the strikes on drug boats.”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)‘I couldn’t serve this administration’: Fmr. Air Force secretary on Pentagon turmoil · ABC News5-minute interview clip; passage on the drug-boat strikes
ABC News video of Frank Kendall's September 6, 2026 interview. The quotation in this record is taken from the audio.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Measured against the strikes, Kendall names them as the most egregious example of an order that is illegal, immoral, wrong or unconstitutional, which is an express condemnation.