To the editor: As soon as once more, contributing author Josh Hammer misrepresents the details, this time in assist of Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth, whom he claims is being smeared by President Trump’s enemies to undermine the administration (“The drumbeat against Hegseth? It’s not really about him,” April 24). He portrays Hegseth because the sufferer, by no means mentioning his lack of {qualifications} to guide America’s largest federal agency.
Hammer dismisses each of Hegseth’s “Signalgate” episodes due to lucky happenstance: the restricted data didn’t fall into enemy palms and thus no hurt befell U.S. preventing forces. I doubt Hammer would give a Protection secretary a move for such inexcusably repeated, unprofessional conduct if the sitting president had been a Democrat.
Robert J. Switzer, West Hollywood
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To the editor: Hammer actually hit his thumb along with his newest op-ed. The issues with Hegseth should not small or insignificant. The truth that he shared navy plans with uncleared folks is sufficient to power him out of a job that he by no means ought to’ve been allowed to fill. You may weasel-word your approach round his incompetence by blaming Democrats for caring about {qualifications}, however anyone who cares about our nation is aware of that he must go.
Craig Arnold, Lengthy Seashore
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To the editor: Hammer pretends that Hegseth’s troubles are merely the makes an attempt of “Iran doves and anti-Israel provocateurs tendentiously seiz[ing] the chance to excise a handy ‘hawkish’ scalp.” A lot of the American public effectively understands and accepts that any Trump administration would have a extra hawkish stance on Iran. What the general public can’t settle for, nevertheless, is a cavalier and careless management technique from the U.S. Protection secretary. Speaking delicate navy operations on a public, unclassified, insecure group chat that features your spouse and private lawyer is astoundingly reckless and places American lives in danger. No, Hammer, that is all about Hegseth.
Johnny Thompson, San Diego
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To the editor: I’m sorry, however I feel Individuals can object to the U.S. secretary of Protection utilizing private units and unsecured programs to speak categorized data to a random assortment of individuals. I feel folks can object to fundamental operations safety being flouted, creating dangers for service members and the American folks, with out it being proof of some kind of plot by folks with differing international coverage views.
Mehmet Berker, Los Angeles
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To the editor: It’s usually troublesome to separate fact from fiction, and in our present political ambiance, that’s usually the purpose. However Hammer makes it considerably simpler. Reasonably than defending Hegseth’s actions or his capability to do the job, Hammer makes use of his column house to assault the accusers. It’s an previous tactic, an indication of weak point and a certain indication that he has no extra religion in Hegseth than anybody else.
Bart Braverman, Indio
