War Stories
Pete Hegseth Keeps Turning the Racism Dial Higher and Higher
Trump’s secretary of defense has a clear pattern of tearing down top officers who aren’t white men. The military will be weaker for it.
By
Fred Kaplan
And the military is being weakened by it.
War Stories
Pete Hegseth Keeps Turning the Racism Dial Higher and Higher
Trump’s secretary of defense has a clear pattern of tearing down top officers who aren’t white men. The military will be weaker for it.
By
Fred Kaplan

Pete Hegseth Is Still Waging War on DEI

Hegseth’s Officer Purge Is Bad for the Military—And Our Country

Hegseth Personally Nixed Black and Female Officers’ Promotions

Hegseth targets women and Black military officers in ‘anti-DEI’ move

Pete Hegseth removes all women and some Black service members from navy promotion list

Donald Trump says Pete Hegseth loves war. That should disqualify him

Hegseth removes women, Black officers from Navy promotion list; Pentagon denies bias - Report

Hegseth blocks more promotions of Black and women officers in latest anti-DEI push

Hegseth blocks one-star promotions

The Defense secretary reportedly removed women and Black officers from the Navy’s promotion list.

The defense secretary appears to want flag officers who will not challenge potentially illegal orders.

A new report confirms that a recent, conspicuously white and male promotion list was no accident.

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The former Fox host has misled the public, prayed for violence and clashed with the press. This is not a serious military leader

Defense secretary’s latest interposition resulted in all-male, overwhelmingly white picks for promotion to admiralty