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Retired general thinks he knows who was moving the Eisenhower globe
What happened
AlterNet reports that retired Gen. Mark Hertling speculated that “a couple of lieutenant colonels” in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s outer office moved and damaged a World War II-era globe used by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Hertling offered no evidence identifying the people involved; his answer was explicitly a guess.
According to AlterNet’s account of Washington Post reporting, Hegseth decided in February that he wanted the globe displayed in his office. His staff allegedly moved it without waiting for trained curators, leaving a large hole in Antarctica. The report does not…
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