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As President-Elect Trump's choice to be the next secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth would have the power to issue orders of all sorts. The military would likely comply, writes former undersecretary of Defense Dov Zakheim. Civilian workers, however, "are another matter." |
Hegseth will no doubt work to roll back what he calls "woke" policies within the Pentagon, as well as some of the Pentagon's climate initiatives. He'd also "quickly identify Trump haters in the department" and remove them, says Zakheim. But "Hegseth will discover that purging civil servants, or even bending them to his will, is far from an easy matter." "The executive branch bureaucracy has always managed to undermine political leaders who threatened it. Indeed, bureaucrats are most effective when it comes to protecting themselves and their turf." If he wins Senate confirmation, writes Zakheim, Hegseth will find that "changing the Pentagon's behavioral and cultural patterns is easier said than done." "Instead, he might find himself like Gulliver, tied up in knots by the Lilliputians of the five-sided building. He would not be the first, nor the last, to suffer that fate." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Friday, Nov. 15. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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By Sean Spicer, former White House press secretary |
Always have the most up-to-date information on what the president thinks on policy and personnel matters. Check in with him frequently and double-check if you have to. He is his own best spokesman. Despite what staff may say, the decision is always his, and the exact words communicating a decision or announcement are critical. |
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By Claire Finkelstein, Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at UPenn |
From the standpoint of the rule of law, the DOJ should continue with the prosecutions and let Trump be the one to pull the plug on the special counsel. That way, Trump would have to commit a crime to fire Jack Smith — a crime that could potentially be prosecuted once Trump leaves office in 2028. |
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By Jonathan Zimmerman, teaches education and history at the University of Pennsylvania |
George Orwell put it best: Political jargon "is designed to make lies sound truthful." All of our new terms try to disguise something that is in plain sight, and the voters noticed it. We don't have to abandon our principles to win them back. We just have to tell the truth, with words that work. |
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By Mark Gould, professor of sociology at Haverford College |
Harris could not run from the reality of inflation nor from structural changes in the U.S. economy, but she could have explained what she and Biden have done to ameliorate them, to prevent them from getting much worse. She could have told us a story that made sense of our current situation. |
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