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Hegseth LOSES IT With Insane Troop Removal After Military Photos Go Viral
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4:41Now PlayingDonald Trump's Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth loses it with insanely wasteful orders to have troops removed after photos of them not meeting Hegseth's new military demands go viral. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Hegseth touts push to replace heavyset National Guard troops in Illinois
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is touting an effort by the Texas Military Department to remove an unknown number of the state’s National Guard troops deployed to Chicago after a photo of seemingly overweight service members arriving in Illinois went viral.
“Standards are back at The [Department of War],” Hegseth posted to social media Monday alongside a story from Task & Purpose, which had reported on the troops’ replacement a day prior.
Texas National Guard troops began arriving in Illinois last week after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) sent an initial 200 service members to the state — an effort temporarily blocked by an appeals court. But it was a set of viral photos, taken by ABC News and showing the troops arriving south of Chicago, that quickly got the public’s attention."
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