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Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing warPete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kil…
Defense secretary says he ‘moved on to my next meeting’ as sensitive military operation was under way; top Democrat calls Hegseth ‘spineless’ and ‘a national embarrassment’. This blog is now closed.White House ‘selling out’ admiral to shield Hegseth ov…
White House names Adm Frank M Bradley as officer who ‘directed the engagement’, distancing Hegseth from accountabilityUS politics live – latest updatesThe Pentagon on Tuesday scapegoated a navy admiral for the extrajudicial double-tap strike that kille…
AEI’s Bill Greenwalt breaks down key changes between the draft and final version of Pete Hegseth’s acquisition memo – and finds some startling shifts.
Shocking as this moment is, none of us should pretend we weren’t warned. When Donald Trump installed Pete Hegseth — a television provocateur whose public record is soaked in belligerence, booze, and culture-war performance — as America’s Defense Secre…
This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: tensions with Venezuela rise following president’s reported ultimatum to MaduroThe president has picked up where he left off before Thanksgiving, when it comes to his anger at the six Democratic lawm…
US president says he will look into reports US military was told to conduct follow-up attack on suspected drug vesselDonald Trump said on Sunday he would look into reports that the US military conducted a follow-up strike on a boat in the Caribbean tha…
Pete Hegseth was put on notice over the weekend by two conservative lawyers, including a former prosecutor, who said the Defense Secretary’s defense to a major new scandal “makes no legal sense” and is not really “a defense.”Observers’ eyebrows were r…
This commentary was originally published by Big Pivots. The Sand Creek Massacre comes to mind in reading about U.S. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a decorated combat veteran who declared that members of the U.S. military must refuse illegal orders.“No one ha…
Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US militaryThe US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has declared recent reporting that he may have illegally ordered all people to be killed in a military str…