Mr. Hegseth broke the logjam by unilaterally striking the officers’ names from the list, though it is not clear he has the legal authority to do so.
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Mr. Buria told Mr. Driscoll that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, the officials said.
The guy who said “Yeah,’ he says to no one in particular, ‘but, I mean, would America buy a n— winning?’” doesn’t want to stand next to a black woman?
Shocked. Shocked I tell you.