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The podcast details a political shake-up within the Trump administration, focusing on the abrupt firing of Secretary of the Navy John Phelan by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, backed by President Trump, amid power struggles and efforts to reshape the Pentagon and national security apparat
The podcast details a political shake-up within the Trump administration, focusing on the abrupt firing of Secretary of the Navy John Phelan by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, backed by President Trump, amid power struggles and efforts to reshape the Pentagon and national security apparat
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People
John PhelanStephen FeinbergDonald J. TrumpJacqueline SmithJohn Thune
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Economic Defense Unit
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AuthoritarianismCriminal JusticeDemocracyForeign PolicyInvestigative JournalismPolitical NewsUs Politics
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