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Department of Defense
The Original Department of War Decimated Native Americans and Segregated the Military. Why Does Trump Want to Go Back?
Restoring the Pentagon’s original name is a wink to his reestablishment of an American era where civil rights were weak and women's roles were limited.
By Layla A. Jones
11.18.25 | 9:00 am
Hegseth Railed Against ‘Insidious’ Security Measures That Kept Far-Right Extremists Out Of Armed Forces
By Hunter Walker
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Tuberville Shoves Staffer Into Moving Traffic (Rhetorically)
This is your TPM evening briefing.
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Trump Won’t Go Near Tuberville’s Military Abortion Fit
This is your TPM evening briefing.
By Nicole LaFond
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By Matt Shuham
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Gen. Lloyd Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the ongoing U.S. military operations to counter the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. Gen. Lloyd Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the ongoing U.S. military operations to counter the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 16, 2015 in Washington, DC.
Biden Taps Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin To Be His Defense Secretary
By ROBERT BURNS, MICHAEL BALSAMO, Jonathan Lemire Associated Press and Zeke Miller
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By Cristina Cabrera
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By Cristina Cabrera
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