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Pentagon evacuated as hazmat teams swarm — but the real danger was missed
The Pentagon’s False Alarm Was the Least Important AlarmThe Real EmergencyThursday’s hazmat scare at the Pentagon ended up being nothing. The building was cleared, teams moved in, and the alarm proved false. That part matters less than the fact that a real alarm has been going off for months inside the defense establishment: Pete Hegseth is using institutional power to stage a demolition of competence, seriousness, and professional norms.Power Sits With the AppointerThe key fact is not that Hegseth talks like a cable-news provocateur. It is that he holds the machinery of the Pentagon. He…
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