Hegseth takes military culture war to civilian universities

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Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth takes military culture war to civilian universities Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expanding his culture war into academia, threatening to pull service members’ tuition assistance at potentially dozens of top colleges and universities he views...

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If our national defense depends on intellectual insulation rather than intellectual rigor, we have a much bigger problem than any campus could create.

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newschannel5.com7 days ago
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