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Top general under fire from his own ranks as Hegseth chaos creates 'climate of mistrust’
Defense Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrive Tuesday for testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)The Pentagon’s Purge Has a Chain of CommandHegseth Holds the PowerThe Pentagon’s turmoil is not an atmospheric disturbance. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is using institutional authority to purge career officers, restrict where officers may study, police what they may write in academic papers, and subject personnel to sweeping polygraph tests. These are deliberate decisions…
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