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The New YorkerNews report · Oct 1, 10:36 PM
Pete Hegseth Just Declared Victory in the Wrong War
The combative culture warrior in the Pentagon may soon be Congress’s top target.
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Pete Hegseth Just Declared Victory in the Wrong War
Raw Story reaches for "scandal" where Religion News Service stays flat.
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What happened The combative culture warrior in the Pentagon may soon be Congress’s top target.
The headline split The left frames it as "Humiliating moment Pete Hegseth found out about Signal Gate scandal revealed: report". The right frames it as "Here’s what to know about Pete Hegseth’s new Office of Religious Affairs".
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Left / center-leftPete Hegseth Just Declared Victory in the Wrong War
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Right / center-rightHere’s what to know about Pete Hegseth’s new Office of Religious Affairs
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Raw StoryNews report · Oct 1, 11:03 PM
Humiliating moment Pete Hegseth found out about Signal Gate scandal revealed: report
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A new screenshot reveals the moment Pete Hegseth and top Trump officials learned a journalist had been in their Signal chat. The image, which The Daily Beast reported on Thursday, shows the...
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Religion News ServiceAnalysis · Oct 1, 10:39 PM
Here’s what to know about Pete Hegseth’s new Office of Religious Affairs
(RNS) — A memo announcing the establishment of the Office of Religious Affairs said it would ‘oversee research, technology, and analytical tools to support and assess spiritual fitness, spi...
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