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The Pentagon’s Loyalty Test Comes for the Army

A Vacancy Created by Dissent

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned after objecting to the administration’s direction on military policy. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s allies are now promoting Hegseth spokesman Sean Parnell as his replacement, while the White House also considers Army Comptroller Marc Andersen and special operations official Derrick Anderson.

That is the necessary context. The political story is what Hegseth is trying to do with the vacancy.

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