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Navy Secretary abruptly leaves job as US naval blockade of Iran continues (www.cnn.com)

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like he's having trouble keeping a 25th-proof cabinet.

[–] uss_entrepreneur@startrek.website 8 points 2 days ago

Secnav is under the dod and is not a cabinet level position

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like someone drew the line at another illegal order.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 5 points 2 days ago

No, this guy was a civilian appointed by Trump, a major Trump donor, and clearly amoral. I'm reading it was because he talked to Trump directly and Hegseth wanted everything to go through him. It's corruption and dysfunction as far as the eye can see