Michael Gordon

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73 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 13 Sep

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WSJ What’s News · Inside Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Shake-Up · 13 Sep 2026 podcast

Which is a

Moderate sized war is dramatize that.

already.

And so the emphasis on munitions I think is a plus.

Whether they have the ultimate right answers we'll see, but the emphasis on it is necessary.

Uh the military's pretty capable and well trained and substantial and secretaries of defense come and go and the military remains and it's able to do its job.

But in terms of the military's capabilities, you know, they're proceeding largely with what they were doing before, with the very important exception of the US Army, as Laura noted, since Higgs removed people like General Donahue and General George, who are very much associated with a whole variety of initiatives to modernize the Army, which leaves the Army's future I think a little bit up for grabs.

Because the American military is not supposed to be a political institution.

The military is supposed to be

Ideally a meritocracy.

Decisions on the selection of military officers are made by promotion boards that are supposed to be insulated from outside influence.

and favoritism.

And so here you have a civilian inserting himself directly in that process.

Yes, he has the support at a minimum of the person who counts the most, which is the president, because he knows that Hagseth will defend him in all of the controversies that might arise.

Also Hag Seth is not

averse to the employment of US military domestically, that's happened already to some extent, and he's

Very actively.

Pursuing the administration's agenda to seal the border, which has largely been carried out and to project force in the western hemisphere.

Yes, because I think civil military relations are in a bit of a crisis now.

You know, the former

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