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Topic: Defense Secretary

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice

Amanda Marcotte
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida (Getty Images)

SecDef rips Gaetz' 'spurious' CRT claims

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Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller (The Recount)

Ex-Trump SecDef's Jan. 6 about-face

Jon Skolnik
Michèle Flournoy and Lloyd Austin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Michèle Flournoy's dream collapsed

Norman Solomon
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U.S. President Donald Trump (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Now Trumpism infects the military

Heather Digby Parton
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (Getty/Sean Rayford)

Warren chews out Trump nominee

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
Patrick Shanahan; Donald Trump (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta/Getty/Mark Wilson)

Pres. Trump's defense nominee withdraws

Matthew Rozsa
(Twitter)

Rumsfeld comes to Jesus

Sophia Tesfaye
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Ashton Carter (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

"Don't ask, don't tell": A lie

Graeme Reid
Ashton Carter (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

"A fan of blowing things up"

Simon Maloy
Ashton Carter (Harvard University)

Ashton Carter: hawk

Luke Brinker
(Wikipedia/Ed Schipul)

Jillian Rayfield
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Donna Cassata
Chuck Hagel (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Alex Seitz-Wald
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Prachi Gupta
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Jillian Rayfield
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Robert Burns
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Richard Lardner
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Jillian Rayfield
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