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Under the pastel calm of the Easter Egg Roll, Hegseth framed the controversy as a knife fight over power inside the Pentagon. He cast himself as the target of \u201cdisgruntled former employees\u201d and a media machine still obsessed with anonymous sources and Trump-era scandals. To his supporters, the Signal uproar is a recycled \u201cRussia hoax\u201d\u2013style smear; to his critics, it\u2019s a flashing red warning about carelessness with war plans and lives on the line.<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s public backing \u2014 twice now \u2014 has turned this into a loyalty test as much as a security debate. The White House slams NPR as \u201cfake news,\u201d while Democrats insist leaking operational details to a private family chat is disqualifying. For the moment, Hegseth survives, shielded by a president who prizes loyalty and victory over process. The mission in Yemen was \u201cunbelievably successful.\u201d The political fallout is still unfolding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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