veterans

As a Justice alumnus, I’m confident that department veterans of both parties see Gaetz’s selection as perfectly awful.

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.

Army officer and chairman of VoteVets, a nonprofit group that supports veterans and progressive causes, said in a statement.

Ramaswamy has still gone further, asking to retract appropriations to programs whose congressional authority has lapsed—which include resources like veterans’ health care—and basically do a sort of Twitter Files–style “exposé” of budgetary allowances.

Solaris, BlackSprut and Kraken — many of which were staffed by veterans of Hydra.