Hegseth’s Pentagon Axed a Program Meant to Save Civilian Lives

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🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Then the bombing started in Iran

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0:00.0	According to Secretary of Defense, Pete Higsev. In Iran, the U.S. military is unleashing the most lethal and precise air power campaign in history.
0:11.3	No stupid rules of engagement.
0:12.9	What happens when our president and his warrior-in-chief throw out the moral codes the military has spent decades trying to strengthen.
0:21.6	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:24.7	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:26.6	Upon taking office, Hague Seth immediately scuttled a DOD initiative to save civilian lives with tragic results.
0:36.0	Nearly 200 young schoolchildren and their teachers have been killed.
0:40.0	There's more coming out and there will continue to be more.
0:42.5	Plus, how the Epstein files are playing in Maga Land.
0:46.6	Trump promised to end forever wars and he promised to release the Epstein files.
0:51.5	They're two of the biggest things that the mag of faithful are angry about.
0:55.9	They are angry.
0:56.9	It's all coming up after this.
1:00.6	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
1:04.1	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
1:05.4	And I'm Michael Lohinger.
1:07.0	This week, war continues in the Middle East.
1:10.0	The United States and Israel are continuing large-scale bombings across Iran, where officials say nearly 1,350 civilians have been killed in 12...
1:21.7	The Pentagon telling NBC News in a statement now that 140 American service members have been wounded since the war began.
1:30.2	Now, you know, that seven Americans have already died.
1:32.8	The natural question of how long this war will go on has been asked, though not exactly answered.
1:39.9	Yesterday, President Trump told CBS News, quote, I think the war is very complete, pretty much.
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