Pete Hegseth’s wake of destruction at the Pentagon – Stateside with Kai and Carter

Pete Hegseth has managed to dodge an impeachment trial, for the second time. And Republicans have avoided — for now — a major public accounting of the damage done at the Pentagon during Hegseth’s tenure. Thomas Massie’s articles of impeachment detail charges that are likely to return when Democrats take the majority next year. Kai Wright speaks with Guardian senior political enterprise reporter Aram Roston about how people inside the military have reacted to the impeachment and to Hegseth’s tenure, from the boat strikes in the Caribbean to the massive loss of experienced leadership and a dramatic depletion of munitions in Iran. Roston, who has covered the Pentagon across several administrations, describes a Pentagon shaken up in ways he’s never before seen. Continue reading...