Could this meeting have been an email?

Last week, when news broke that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had ordered hundreds of generals from around the world to gather at the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia, this week, it set off fevered speculation about the possible reason for the unprecedented gathering.

After the meeting, it’s still not entirely clear what the expense and risk involved in bringing so many generals and admirals together was all for. Hegseth and President Donald Trump gave relatively short speeches that didn’t break any news and were heavy on both men’s familiar talking points. If there was a takeaway message, it was that any commanders who don’t like Hegseth and Trump’s recently rebranded “Department of War” are free to leave.

Hegseth gave a progress report on his campaign to restore a “warrior ethos” to a military and Pentagon that he believes has gone “woke”:

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