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Monday, November 18, 2024

Hegseth -- views of the U.S. Military (he is nominee for Defence Secy.)

CNN.com article
politics/hegseth-controversial-views

he believes in using the military (including national guard)
to put down domestic riots,
he spoke in favor of using waterboarding, targeting cultural
institutions in drone strikes, 
banning women from combat roles.
in 2019 he privately courted then POTUS 45 to pardon
some service members accused and convicted of war crimes.
he also pushed Trump to take further action against Iran
after the Pentagon drone attack that killed Iranian commander
Qasem Soleimani.

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