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Alex Kent / The New York Times / Redux How Pete Hegseth’s Plan for a Reality-TV Execution Imploded
Trump is fine with a military execution by firing squad, just not with putting it on YouTube.
Samuel Corum / Bloomberg / Getty How Colin Powell Spent 9/11
His insistence during an overseas trip on championing democracy in foreign policy is now a relic.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Sources: Joe Sohm / Visions of America / Getty; Jim Watson / AFP / Getty. Dan Driscoll’s Parting Shot
The Army secretary told Trump about problems in the Army and his friction with Hegseth, then resigned.
Andrew Harnik / Getty Ukraine’s Short-Lived Comeback
The chorus of optimism has quieted on several fronts, including Zelensky’s struggle with corruption and his relations with Trump.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Nicolas Tucat / AFP / Getty; Anna Moneymaker / Getty. A Tragedy in Iran Might Persuade Hegseth to Change Course
The Pentagon is rethinking how it wages war after the Iran school strike.
Hassan Ghaedi / Anadolu / Getty Zelensky Asked Trump for a Favor From Elon Musk
Ukraine wants to start using Musk’s Starlink to target ballistic-missile launchers inside Russia.
Zelensky Social Media Account / Anadolu / Getty The Top Gun: Maverick Theory of Pete Hegseth
Like Tom Cruise in the movie, the defense secretary appears stuck in his past.
The Atlantic. Sources: Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty; Scott Garfield / Paramount. Marco Rubio’s Disappearing Signal Chat
The State Department told a court last year that the secretary didn’t use disappearing messages. By this spring, it had dropped that claim.
Andrew Harnik / Getty The Timidity of America’s Top Generals
Deference to civilian power is part of the job but can go too far.
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