Hegseth attacks civilian-led education in Naval War College speech

As calls for his resignation and impeachment grow in Washington, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth came to the U.S. Naval War College in Newport Monday to announce a sweeping effort to strip military education of what he called its overly civilian influences. “This morning we strip away the comfortable veneer of academic tradition,” he told an […]

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