The Preamble

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“Please don’t normalize this,” and other questions and comments
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Q: It appears that Pete Hegseth is being set up for failure. He’s grossly unqualified for the job. How often do Secretaries of Defense quit in under a year?

After World War II, Congress passed the National Security Act of 1947 in order to unify the security policies of the US and provide a comprehensive national defense program. One of the effects of the National Security Act was creating a Department of Defense.

The position is supposed to be apolitical, because the military is meant to be apolitical.

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