# 'People are so frightened': Military experts unpack Hegseth's purges

https://mins.news/en/video/42541

- CNN, 2026-09-02 18:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW7v4b9YtNo

> After Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s resignation, sources told CNN they believe Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is harming the Army’s effort to modernize and adapt to the 21st-century battlefield. They say his focus on culture wars, his preferred image of the “American warfighter” and removal of leaders who disagree with him are damaging that work.

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