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The pick, unveiled Tuesday, drew immediate pushback from some influential veterans groups and current and former lawmakers, who suggested that Hegseth’s ideological leanings, rather than any demonstrated expertise, lay behind him being tapped to run the vast U.S. defense complex.

“We do not anticipate that the Missouri ballot initiative will have an immediate or drastic impact on those numbers.”

How dare scientists do research without an immediate practical application!

But there were also immediate signs that Republicans may be willing to put aside their misgivings and give their president-elect a win.

These people need immediate help in a county that is notoriously short on all levels of psychiatric treatment, from short-term to long-term.