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Former Air Force secretary: Hegseth’s Pentagon ‘dysfunctional’

Former Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall III on Wednesday called the Defense Department under Secretary Pete Hegseth “dysfunctional.” CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked Kendall, who served under the Biden and Obama administrations, for his assessment of Hegseth’s handling of the military and the Pentagon. The former secretary accused the Pentagon chief of doing “active…

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Former Air Force secretary: Hegseth’s Pentagon ‘dysfunctional’
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