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'Instant fodder for gossip': Hegseth's Eisenhower globe blunder has Pentagon snickering

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s aides damaged a World War II -era globe linked to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower after they skipped the Pentagon’s history experts and tried to move it into his office themselves, according to a new report. The 30-inch floor globe is one of two in the Pentagon believed to have been used by Eisenhower, and generations of Army…

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Raw Story· Oct 22, 11:39 AM'Instant fodder for gossip': Hegseth's Eisenhower globe blunder has Pentagon snickering

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