Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling

Well, it gets to the requirements of the various cabinet secretaries. And if we want to use Secretary Hegseth as one of them. Do they have the competencies of running the large organization that they've been put in charge of? Do they even know what those organizations do?

Well, it gets to the requirements of the various cabinet secretaries. And if we want to use Secretary Hegseth as one of them. Do they have the competencies of running the large organization that they've been put in charge of? Do they even know what those organizations do?

Do they have the savvy to listen to the experts, the people who have been there for 40 years and say, here's why we do the things we do? I mean, I had one assignment to the Pentagon. It was on the joint staff, and I had a lot of interaction with Secretary Rumsfeld. And that was tough in and of itself because he was smarter than everybody in the room.

Do they have the savvy to listen to the experts, the people who have been there for 40 years and say, here's why we do the things we do? I mean, I had one assignment to the Pentagon. It was on the joint staff, and I had a lot of interaction with Secretary Rumsfeld. And that was tough in and of itself because he was smarter than everybody in the room.

Do they have the savvy to listen to the experts, the people who have been there for 40 years and say, here's why we do the things we do? I mean, I had one assignment to the Pentagon. It was on the joint staff, and I had a lot of interaction with Secretary Rumsfeld. And that was tough in and of itself because he was smarter than everybody in the room.

And whenever you have someone that's smarter than everybody in the room, you tend to make mistakes because – They don't understand they're not the smartest one. Secretary Hegseth just recently said that over the last weekend, I wrote an article today about his comments regarding climate change.

And whenever you have someone that's smarter than everybody in the room, you tend to make mistakes because – They don't understand they're not the smartest one. Secretary Hegseth just recently said that over the last weekend, I wrote an article today about his comments regarding climate change.

And whenever you have someone that's smarter than everybody in the room, you tend to make mistakes because – They don't understand they're not the smartest one. Secretary Hegseth just recently said that over the last weekend, I wrote an article today about his comments regarding climate change.

And that seems to be one of those things that, you know, there are elements of society that says, why are we even doing this? It's a hoax. It's a fake. Well, the Department of Defense have been studying this and they have data that says it's going to be really critical that to understand what climate change does to bases and to combat operations and to the force.

And that seems to be one of those things that, you know, there are elements of society that says, why are we even doing this? It's a hoax. It's a fake. Well, the Department of Defense have been studying this and they have data that says it's going to be really critical that to understand what climate change does to bases and to combat operations and to the force.

And that seems to be one of those things that, you know, there are elements of society that says, why are we even doing this? It's a hoax. It's a fake. Well, the Department of Defense have been studying this and they have data that says it's going to be really critical that to understand what climate change does to bases and to combat operations and to the force.

And yet they're throwing that all away, as Secretary Hexler says, because it's all a bunch of crap. Well, it's not a bunch of crap. And when you dismiss something as important as that, it may not be your top priority of lethality and warrior spirit at the platoon level, but it is pretty important for a large organization. The question comes back to,

And yet they're throwing that all away, as Secretary Hexler says, because it's all a bunch of crap. Well, it's not a bunch of crap. And when you dismiss something as important as that, it may not be your top priority of lethality and warrior spirit at the platoon level, but it is pretty important for a large organization. The question comes back to,

And yet they're throwing that all away, as Secretary Hexler says, because it's all a bunch of crap. Well, it's not a bunch of crap. And when you dismiss something as important as that, it may not be your top priority of lethality and warrior spirit at the platoon level, but it is pretty important for a large organization. The question comes back to,

What would you do to a CEO of a major corporation that was doing some of the things that they're doing to disrupt the efficiency and effectiveness of the various organizations some of these people run? The answer would be the board would fire them immediately.

What would you do to a CEO of a major corporation that was doing some of the things that they're doing to disrupt the efficiency and effectiveness of the various organizations some of these people run? The answer would be the board would fire them immediately.

What would you do to a CEO of a major corporation that was doing some of the things that they're doing to disrupt the efficiency and effectiveness of the various organizations some of these people run? The answer would be the board would fire them immediately.

It's not just the UK too. I've talked to a lot of European guys, especially Australia and New Zealand are saying the same thing. But of course, if I were having in the old days, a conversation with the chief of the German intelligence, and I knew anything I might say would be broadcast by their chancellor, I wouldn't say it. And I wouldn't share intelligence. And those are the kinds of

It's not just the UK too. I've talked to a lot of European guys, especially Australia and New Zealand are saying the same thing. But of course, if I were having in the old days, a conversation with the chief of the German intelligence, and I knew anything I might say would be broadcast by their chancellor, I wouldn't say it. And I wouldn't share intelligence. And those are the kinds of

It's not just the UK too. I've talked to a lot of European guys, especially Australia and New Zealand are saying the same thing. But of course, if I were having in the old days, a conversation with the chief of the German intelligence, and I knew anything I might say would be broadcast by their chancellor, I wouldn't say it. And I wouldn't share intelligence. And those are the kinds of