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Pete Hegseth’s Call to Arms

Calvin Trillin

October 14, 2025

Secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth at a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on January 14.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

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We won’t lower standards for women and such.And generals must keep in trim.For standards are vital, so Hegseth insists—Though lowered already for him.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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