Hegseth Is Using Enlisted Troops as Props for a Loyalty Spectacle
Declared advocacy, not analysis
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He measured them for the photograph. He never asked if the truck would start.
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Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- Pete Hegseth, U.S. Department of Defense, Marine Corps Base Quantico, U.S. armed services, Donald Trump
- Themes
- Pentagon leadership, Military force structure, Defense personnel policy
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Equality & fairness