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War veteran details Trump official's embarrassing Biblical blunders
What happened
AlterNet reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth repeatedly used biblical passages to cast American military service and national purpose in sacred terms. Citing Paul D. Miller of Georgetown University, the article identifies the central blunder as Hegseth’s removal of verses from their original context—equating service members with the prophet Isaiah and treating the United States as though it were God’s covenant nation.
Miller argues that Hegseth turned passages from Isaiah, Psalms, and Ephesians into patriotic slogans during a military speech and recruitment campaign…
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