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Hegseth’s ‘DAMAGING’ Pentagon leadership causing a 'trickle down effect' | MS NOW Highlights
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33:54Now PlayingNavy leadership is considering scrapping its plan to name an aircraft carrier after a Black Pearl Harbor war hero so that it can be named after President Trump. MS NOW Pentagon Reporter Priya Sridhar joins Alicia Menendez to discuss. Jen Psaki reports on the firing by Pete Hegseth's Pentagon of the editor-in-chief of the Stars and Stripes military newspaper, as well as one of its reporters, and considers the broader context of the Trump administration's attacks on the free press and Hegseth's particular battle against independent media. Erik Slavin, now former editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, and Lara Korte, former Middle East reporter for Stars and Stripes join to discuss with Jen Psaki.
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