Hegseth has a history of supporting controversial policies, including using the US military to put down domestic riots, speaking in favor of enhanced interrogation methods such as waterboarding, pardoning US soldiers convicted of war crimes, targeting cultural institutions in drone strikes and banning women from combat roles.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was asked by Fox News Sunday host Shannon Bream about the recent firing of top lawyers for the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force—a move that has sparked backlash and raised concerns over the potential politicization of the country's armed forces.
New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is proposing radical changes in the Pentagon. Here's what you can expect from him.
The unprecedented firing of a half-dozen top generals and admirals is aimed at ensuring military obedience to unconstitutional and dictatorial orders.
President Donald Trump's defense secretary can't simply snap his fingers and change Texas' Fort Cavazos back to Fort Hood. A federal law stands in the way.
Defence secretary Pete Hegseth fires top military lawyers
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Hegseth says he fired the top military lawyers because they weren't well suited for the jobs
Military lawyers fear firings will enable Hegseth to bend law
The Pentagon chief said he doesn’t want lawyers who are “roadblocks” to decisions he or military commanders make.
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'They were not well suited for jobs...': Defence secretary Pete Hegseth fires top military lawyers
In all, it was a bruising, 72-hour crash course in the geopolitical realities of a job that critics complain Mr. Hegseth, a 44-year-old former National Guard infantryman and Fox News host, is unqualified to hold. Mr. Hegseth’s trip to Europe, his first overseas visit since being sworn in on Jan. 25, started off on an unusual note.
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