Pete Hegseth
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Secretary Hegseth promises to unleash small defense companies during Colorado visit
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited Colorado space companies Monday and promised to cut bureaucracy within the Pentagon to ensure smaller defense businesses have a chance to compete for contracts. “If we are going to have space dominance and deterrence, we need to unleash every company possible,” said Hegseth, in a video filmed at True…
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‘There will be costs,’ warns Jason Crow after failed indictments for ‘illegal orders’ video | TRAIL MIX
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U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, the Aurora Democrat who represents Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, signaled this week that he’s considering pursuing legal action against members of the Trump administration after a federal grand jury in Washington declined to indict Crow and five other Democratic lawmakers on criminal charges over an online video they released last fall…
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Grand jury refuses to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with illegal military orders video
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A grand jury in Washington refused Tuesday to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” according to a person familiar with the matter. The Justice Department opened an investigation into the video featuring Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin…
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Hegseth censures Kelly after Democrats’ video warning about following unlawful orders
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced that he is issuing a letter of censure to Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the lawmaker’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders. Hegseth said that the censure was “a necessary process step” to proceedings that could result…
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Shall future military leaders be mere ideological drones? | BIDLACK
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As my regular reader will recall (Hi, Jeff!) from my mentioning it here dozens of times, I spent the largest part of my 25-plus years as an active-duty Air Force officer teaching at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Though I taught a wide range of courses during the 15 years I spent there…
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Hegseth sparks debate on combat standards, female vet says generations worked for integration
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While addressing military leaders last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reopened the debate nationally on women in combat. Among other announcements, Hegseth said that anyone in a military combat role must meet the “highest male standard.” “When it comes to any job that requires physical power to perform in combat, those physical standards must be…
