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Hegseth is shaking up the Pentagon as the US wages war - but at what cost?

The upheaval in the military could shape the legacy of Trump's second term, writes the BBC's Tom Bateman.

Hegseth is shaking up the Pentagon as the US wages war - but at what cost?

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