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Congress needs to put a stop to Pete Hegseth’s purges
Hegseth has fired or pushed out at least 20 senior leaders and blocked dozens of promotions, drawing criticism over political motives.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has led an unprecedented purge of the military's top ranks, firing or driving out at least 20 generals, admirals and civilian defense leaders, including the service chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
- Seeking to overhaul the Defense Department, Hegseth has declared a war on "woke garbage" and hired personnel officials who share his preoccupation with transforming the Pentagon's leadership.
- Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll resigned earlier this month, reportedly out of frustration with Hegseth's treatment of officers, while the Secretary has intervened to block promotions of dozens of others, a disproportionate number of whom have been Black or female.
- In the middle of a war with Iran, the Army now operates without Senate-confirmed leadership, and morale has suffered as young officers question their career prospects.
- Retired senior officers warn the purges are causing generational damage to the military, though Hegseth faces pressure to provide evidence that personnel decisions are based on performance rather than political considerations.
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The Dismantling of Black Policy Power
The Purge at the Top: Targeting Excellence in the Pentagon When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth targeted high-ranking military leadership, the pattern of removals was striking. Nearly sixty percent of the senior officers sidelined, fired, or stripped from promotion lists were Black or female, despite Black and female service members accounting for fewer than twenty percent of all active-duty generals and admirals. As recently highlighted on Ant…
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