Pete Hegseth decried out gay troops in US military as part of Marxist agenda

12/12/2024 19:48 The Guardian

Trump’s embattled secretary of defence nominee expresses contentious views on gay service members in latest bookPolicies allowing out gay people to serve in the US military have been denounced as part of a “Marxist” agenda aimed at prioritising social justice above combat-readiness by Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s embattled defence secretary pick.The assertion was among many contentious “anti-woke” views expressed in Hegseth’s latest book, The War on Warriors, published this year, in which he lambasted a previous policy – known as don’t ask, don’t tell (DADT) – that tolerated gay service members as long as they did not disclose their sexual orientation, while also excoriating its repeal. Continue reading...

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Greenland says it ‘cannot accept’ US desire to control territory after Trump’s threat he would take it ‘one way or the other’ – Europe live

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Hungary grants asylum to former Polish minister amid abuse of power investigation

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12/01/2026 13:17 The Guardian

HMRC accepted ‘tolerable’ risk of harm in child benefit fraud crackdown

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Homes of volunteer firefighters among 350 structures lost so far in ‘heartbreaking’ Victorian bushfires

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Iranian student killed during protests was shot in head ‘from close range’

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Unpredictable Trump weighs up Iranian pleas for help against calls for restraint

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