Pete Hegseth Cares More About Grooming Standards Than Readiness

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sacrificing military readiness for his conservative culture war—and he’s getting away with it.

In his resignation, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll laid out his concerns that Hegseth was blocking efforts to modernize the military by removing the generals spearheading those efforts, a source told CNN Wednesday. One person familiar with the matter told Politico that Hegseth thwarted Driscoll’s efforts “at every turn.”