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Related: About this forum'Sounding even more weird by the hour': Hegseth's military general gathering raises alarm bells - Deadline - MSNBC
Mark Hertling, Retired United States Army Lieutenant General, and Claire McCaskill, Former Democratic Senator from Missouri join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House to discuss the upcoming gathering of nearly all of the United States military generals at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for reasons that have still not been made clear, and how this gathering poses an immense national security risk and could potentially cost the government millions of dollars. - Aired on 09/29/2025.
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'Sounding even more weird by the hour': Hegseth's military general gathering raises alarm bells - Deadline - MSNBC (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Monday
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Reason is to make Hegseth feel like a bigshot and provide video of him speaking
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Monday
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Though TFG has said will be there and is likely to take over the meeting as he loves to do.
Rhiannon12866
Monday
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Yep. Hegseth will be regulated to standing behind Trump while Trump babbles on and on
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Monday
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BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,417 posts)1. Reason is to make Hegseth feel like a bigshot and provide video of him speaking
Rhiannon12866
(243,908 posts)2. Though TFG has said will be there and is likely to take over the meeting as he loves to do.


BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,417 posts)3. Yep. Hegseth will be regulated to standing behind Trump while Trump babbles on and on
Sneederbunk
(16,852 posts)4. Hopefully the military leaders will survive Whiskey Pete's stunt unscathed.