The deep state blob is highly resistant to change, especially when that change threatens to upend years of accepted D.C. wisdom and policy. In fact, it’s hostile to anything or anyone who wants to reform the system from within. One of President Donald Trump’s most impressive nominees, who rose in prominence precisely because he wanted to shake things up at the Pentagon, is now finding himself in the crosshairs of a coordinated campaign to ruin his reputation and purge him from the........

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