Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims his Pentagon purge is about “lethality” and “merit,” and he’s changing the culture of our military. That last part is true, but probably not in a good way.
General Barry R. McCaffrey is a retired U.S. Army four-star general, former White House drug-policy chief under President Bill Clinton, and national-security analyst. He joins Frank Figliuzzi to talk through what this purge is really about, and where we go from here.
