Ira Porter
In a story that she reported for today鈥檚 edition, my colleague Anna Mulrine Grobe reports on something that stands out in the U.S. war with Iran: a lot of tough talk by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. As Anna mentions, it is more than in years past, when defense secretaries often underscored their belief in American might and support of well-trained troops. She includes a variety of perspectives, including those offered in the past by some of the secretary鈥檚 predecessors聽鈥 from Donald Rumsfeld to Robert Gates聽鈥 on the qualities needed in a moment like this.