The news was met with bewilderment and wide-eyed worry among many in Washington, as Trump passed on a number of established national security heavy-hitters.

President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military.

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  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    19 minutes ago

    I wonder if in other countries it’s enshrined outside of military law, and that’s the distinction? I have no clue.

    It could be, I don’t know either.