Pete Hegseth’s Dangerous Assault on Accountability
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The strike came after most of the intelligence collection assets that had facilitated operations throughout the 20-year war had been withdrawn.
Mike Nelson is a retired Army Special Forces officer and a member of the Atlantic Council’s Counterterrorism Project. He is formerly of the Institute for the Study of War and the National Security Institute. You can find him on x.com at @mikenelson586.
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