Tracy Mumford
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9,176 appearances
127 recordings
3 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 3d ago
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Instead, Hegseth has forced out at least three other senior officers who had been seen as potential successors.
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At the same time, officials say that the Army Secretary, its top civilian leader, is barely on speaking terms with Hegseth, and it's expected to leave his post in the next few months.
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Army officials tell the Times that Hegseth arrived at the Pentagon with deep suspicions of its senior leadership, based on his own experience in the military.
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He deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, but was forced to leave the National Guard for tattoos that were deemed extremist.
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And he wrote in a recent book that, quote, The military I loved, I fought for, I revered, spit me out.
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Overall, the army now has fewer four-star generals serving than it has in decades.
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They're some of the most combat-hardened, experienced leaders, and there are currently just five on active duty, down from ten when Heggseth took office.
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Greg Jaffey covers the Pentagon for the Times.
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He says that there is growing concern in the Army that the wave of abrupt firings could send a message that there's no place for officers who don't align with the administration's ideology.
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Even though the military's supposed to be nonpartisan.
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At the same time, Greg says there are also concerns that the leadership vacuum could affect the army's readiness on the battlefield.
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In a statement, a spokeswoman for the army downplayed the impact of the firings and said that quote, our global readiness is never compromised.
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Last night, results came in for some of the final primaries of the season, walking in matchups for the midterms.
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One of the most notable was in South Carolina, where Darlene Graham, the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, won her primary.
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She has no legislative experience, but President Trump pushed hard for her to officially take up her brother's seat, which she's been filling temporarily.
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As things now shift from primaries into a focus on election day, Democrats and Republicans are vying for control of Congress in what polls show could come down to a series of increasingly tight races.
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But one thing that's been clouding the picture this year is how messy and even chaotic some polling data has been.
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Reed Epstein covers politics for the Times.
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He says especially bad data was shared and amplified this year in closely watched Democratic races in Michigan, California, Nevada, and Wisconsin.
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In that state, one primary candidate for governor even dropped out, saying the numbers made it clear who the winner would be, even though the contender he was talking about later lost.
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