This episode examines the February 5 and February 26 Pentagon directives issued by Defense Secretary Austin which many see as a purity test or a witch hunt with dangers to US Military morale

Douglas Burton is an award-winning reporter living near Washington, D.C.

Doug put in years as an editor of magazines published by The Washington Times Corporation before heading to the Middle East as a special hire for the U.S. Department of State during the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Today he is respected as an investigative reporter on terrorism in Nigeria, the Iraq War and on Central Asia. His reportage has appeared in The Epoch Times, U.S. News and World Report, the Colorado Springs Gazette, The Washington Times, Washington Examiner and Washington Free Beacon. Currently, he is reporting on terrorism in Nigeria for The Epoch Times and America’s complex stew of political controversies for Chronicles, A Magazine of American Culture, published by the Charlemagne Institute. His most recent product is about politicization of the U.S. military:

Epoch Times article here
Read the rough transcript of the interview here

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