Hegseth ramps up evangelist rhetoric

Hegseth ramps up evangelist rhetoric

WASHINGTON — Since becoming defense secretary, Pete Hegseth has found no shortage of ways to bring his strand of conservative evangelicalism into the Pentagon.

Hegseth gutted the Pentagon office that protects civilians

Pete Hegseth is a rootin', tootin' two-gun cowboy! That's what his momma says. He's a dynamo of destruction, not a man who needs advice from individuals who have overseen combat operations or care about the rules of war. That sort of thing is for lesser Secretaries of War. — Read the rest The post Hegseth gutted the Pentagon office that protects civilians appeared first on Boing Boing.

Hegseth's Christian rhetoric draws renewed scrutiny

WASHINGTON — Since becoming defense secretary, Pete Hegseth has found no shortage of ways to bring his strand of conservative evangelicalism into the Pentagon.

Pete Hegseth’s War on Journalists (and Iran Too)

Pete Tucker, March 20, 2026, https://fair.org/home/pete-hegseths-war-on-journalists-and-iran-too/ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to be in the midst of two conflicts, one…in Iran, and the other with the American free press over its coverage of the widening Middle East war.—MS NOW‘s Sydney Carruth (3/13/26) Last fall, nearly the entire Pentagon press corps was banned from the Pentagon after refusing to sign Pete Hegseth’s loyalty oath, whi…