Larry Purdy
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Military Personnel
October 8, 2025
Responding to Secretary Hegseth's Speech to Senior Military Leaders
To listen to some of the critics of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s September 30, 2025, speech to our military’s senior leadership, it is clear many...
Larry Purdy • RealClearDefense
Military Strategy
March 15, 2025
President Trump Is Not Weakening Our National Security or Our Military
President Trump Is Not Weakening Our National Security or Our Military; on the Contrary, He Is Ordering Changes That Will Strengthen Both Thank you...
Larry Purdy • RealClearDefense
Military Personnel
March 6, 2025
Response to Five Former SECDEFs "Open Letter" Criticizing Trump
Joining Rhode Island Democratic Senator Jack Reed’s partisan handwringing over President Trump’s firing of senior military leaders (see Reed’s Feb. 22...
Larry Purdy • RealClearDefense
Military Personnel
January 29, 2025
The Military and the End of DEI
One of President Trump’s first Executive Orders, signed on January 20, 2025, [1] explicitly condemned DEI’s “illegal and immoral discrimination...
Larry Purdy • RealClearDefense
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