Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump addressed hundreds of military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia in late September 2025. Before the meeting, journalists ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jeremiah Favara, Gonzaga University (THE CONVERSATION) Secretary of Defense Pete ...

President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have criticized diversity initiatives within the U.S. military. The author argues that diversity has been essential to the all-volunteer force ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jeremiah Favara, Gonzaga University (THE CONVERSATION) For over a hundred years, Nov.

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