Pete Hegseth

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said another strike had occurred on Friday and that that boat belonged to a leftist Colombian guerrilla group.

Three were killed in that attack.

And Colombia's president said what the U.S.

blew up was a fishing vessel.

I think the big picture here is that it has been decades since the U.S.

military has taken this kind of posture in the Americas.

So the region is tense.

Now when officials try to shift focus to mandating diversity quotas, or they try to inject partisan politics into the American Armed Forces, they impede the Marine Corps' ability to do its best work.

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Don't tell anybody.

When other parts of the department wanted to go woke...

The Marine Corps stood strong.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that Admiral Alvin Halsey would retire after 37 years in the military.

But it's almost unheard of for an officer not to finish the full three years of a command like this, especially in the middle of a military buildup.

Thousands of US troops have moved into position off the Venezuelan coast, and the US has destroyed several vessels the White House claims were carrying narcotics.

Critics say those strikes amount to execution without trial.

A US official told NPR that Halsey recently met with Hegseth at the Pentagon to express his concerns about these strikes, and that his resignation was announced by Hegseth shortly after.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

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