Pentagon fires back after Mark Kelly accuses Pete Hegseth of targeting women and Black military officers

Pentagon fires back after Mark Kelly accuses Pete Hegseth of targeting women and Black military officers

Pete Hegseth's Department of War rejects Sen. Mark Kelly's claims that military promotions targeted women and Black officers, saying meritocracy reigns supreme.

Trump's 'harebrained' approach is destroying the military: expert

President Donald Trump’s “harebrained” approach to the American armed forces is in the process of destroying the military, an Army veteran explained on a conservative website on Thursday.“You know, you get somebody like Secretary Hegseth in charge of the Department of Defense, and that's what you get,” Margaret Donovan, a lawyer and Army JAG veteran, told The Bulwark’s William Kristol on Thursday. Donovan was describing how the military in Iran …