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Pete Hegseth keeps drawing fire because he is actually changing the Pentagon. That is the job. A military built to win wars, not to chase political fads, was long overdue. Every time the same voices demand his removal, it is a useful signal that the old guard is losing its grip.He is a combat veteran and a father who understands what it costs to send Americans into harm’s way. Replacing careerists with people who put lethality and readiness first is not chaos. It is course correction after years of drift. The country asked for a stronger defense. This is what that looks like.Leave him in place. Let him finish the work. A secretary of defense who makes the right people uncomfortable is usually the one doing it right. America needs warriors at the top, not another round of business as usual.