Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s convocation of hundreds of generals and admirals turned out to be, in the main, a nothingburger. Hegseth strutted and paced and lectured and hectored, warning the ...

Every military servicemember’s oath is a pledge to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. It is not an oath to a politician. It is not an oath to a party. And it is not an ...

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